THE FARE BOX A Monthly News-Letter for Traa portatioa TQkez Collectors!!!!!! .ml,...,ttt unm nu m ...... YEW ISSUES EDITOR EDITOR HHROIID V. FORD 43 Arroyo Brive P. 0. Box 1204 1l?oraga, California Boston, Massachusetts 945W 02104 New Issues Service Advertising Managers WILLIAM A. SOWELL ROBEliT nvv 7{ V'S 7i B([wrlilij P. 0. Box 1235 731 East 26th ,Street Cathedral City, California Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 52235 .1235

VOLU7€ 57, NUMBER 1 JANUARY 2003 OUR 667th ISSUE J .L. HAROEf was a 1965 verg gray) Bear_ Ue took in 151 new members that gear, ant) among then was one who became almost a Iegenf among vecturists . J .L . Hargett solh aril repaireh vacuum cleaners as his profession, but his real love was tokens, especiallB those of his home state of Oklahoma . Literallg Uonens of unique depotel tokens were un- ccverer bB his uncannB abilitU to finf them. Alwags he provineh valuable hackgrour. ; information along with his reports_ On two occasions I was guest in his home in Oknulgee for a helicious steak binrer, anti alwags I went awag with a few more treas- ures for mg collection . 3_L . was a sharp trader, but alwags a fair ann honest ore . I am going to miss him so much . He help AUA #769, and lliecl earlB in JanuarB, at age 86, but his legacB to our hobbB will never hie .

February 1 . Kind of a small issue this month, but I'm trying to get caught up . Last month on page 133 I described a token reported by Bob Phipps for the P . & L . E . RR . Of course I should have remembered that this token and another like it were pictured and described in a fine article by Bill Adams . Thanks to Larry Dziubek for jogging my memory . See page 129 of the December 2000 issue . They just gave me a new computer down at my office, so I was roaming the internet last week looking under "handicap ride tokens," and up popped something about tokens now in use by a JBL Bus Lines right here in Greater Boston . So I called the number, spoke to a very nice gentleman and he volunteered to send me a couple of them gratis . They arrived next day! Beautiful token! Seems it is used on a shuttle bus that runs between Whitman, MA, and Boston, and the token is good for the $3 .50 fare . High face value . Anyway, they have been in use for four years and the "JBL" apparently are initials of members of the owner's family . The token is 25mm brass : "JBL / BUS LINES / 781-843-4505 // Good For I One Way Trip / (BUS with JBL on front) / No Refunds / rwm" . The company has already agreed to sell us 200 of them for the New Issues Service . This will be your last issue if you haven't paid your 2003 AVA dues of $22 . Send it to the treasurer, Joel Reznick - P .O . Box 116 - Wheeling, IL 60090-0116 . New York City is definitely going to stop using tokens soon, and to add insult to injury they intend to raise subway fares to $2 .00 . Doug Peters reports that PA 263 A thru D have been obsolete as of December 1, 2002 .

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Prices Realized for the 1st Auction of Car Wash Tokens

Lot Price Lot Price Lot Price Lot Price Lot Price 1 AK 50 F 52 CA 557 A S700 103 CA 945E WID 154 FL 710 G 205 IL 190 A $320 2 AZ 440 D $088 53 CA 564 A $600 104 CA 950 A $650155 FL 710 H 206 I L 200 A $240 3 AZ 640 A 54 CA 570 A $5 .50 105 CA 960 A $6.25 156 FL 710 1 207 IL 200 B $1 10 4 AZ 640 C 55 CA 575 A 106 CA 965 A $5.50 157 FL 710 J 208 IL 200 C $1 .10 5 AZ 640 G WID 56 CA 575 B $455 107 CA 965 B $6.50 158 FL 710 K 209 IL 200 D $1 10 6 A7 640 J 57 CA 575 C $5 .30 108 CA 975 8 $088 159 FL 710 L 210 IL 209 A $1240 7 AZ 640 L 58 CA 585 A $550109 CA 980 A $10 .05 160 FL 710 M 211 IL 290 A $460 8 CA 80 A $625 59 CA 600 A $5 .50 110 CA 985 B $5.76 161 FL 710 N 212 IL 417 A WID 9 CA 120 A $7.00 60 CA 603 A 111 CA 990 B 162 FL 710 0 213 IL 418 A $1 75 10 CA 127 A $625 61 CA 603 B 112 CA 993 A $750163 FL 710 P 214 IL 458 A 11 CA 128 A $625 62 CA 627 A $675 113 CO 30 B $625 164 FL 710 0 215 IL 488 A $ 10 12 CA 147 A $7.00 63 CA 628 A $6 .50 114 CO 30 C $6.25 165 FL 710 R 216 IL 594 A WID 13 CA 207 A $22 .00 64 CA 655 A $6 .75 115 CO 40 B $615166 FL 710 S 217 IL 594 B WID 14 CA 207 B $625 65 CA 660 B $6 .75 116 CO 40 Ca 167 FL 710 1 218 IL 594 D WID 15 CA 227 A $600 66 CA 665 A $7.50 117 CO 40 Cb 168 FL 710 U 219 IL 601 A $1 10 16 CA 230 A 67 CA 667 A 118 CO 40 0 169 FL 710 V 220 IL 603 B $230 17 CA 262 A 68 CA 668 A $625 119 CO 50 A $7.00 170 FL 710 W 221 IL 633 A $220 18 CA 268 Aa $690 69 CA 690 Aa $801 120 CO 140 A $575 171 FL 710 X 222 IL 707 B 19 CA 268 C 70 CA 697 C 121 CO 140 Pb 172 FL 710 Y 223 IL 745 A $2.05 20 CA 268 D $610 71 CA 703 A 122 CO 140 Pc 173 FL 710 Z 224 IL 766 A $1360 21 CA 275 A $6.00 72 CA 715 A $550 123 CO 300 B $650 174 FL 710 AA 225 IL 780 B $110 22 CA 293 A $7.00 73 CA 715 B $6.75 124 CO 300 C 175 FL 710 AB 226 IL 795 A $1805 23 CA 300 A $6.25 74 CA 715 C $600 125 CO 340 B 176 FL 710 AC 227 IL 855 A W/D 24 CA 300 C $0.88 75 CA 720 B $600 126 CO 550 A $650 177 FL 710 AD 228 IL 880 A $310 25 CA 300 D 76 CA 720 C $6 .50 127 CO 550 D $0.88 178 FL 710 AE 26 CA 305 A $6.00 77 CA 730 A $7 .40 128 CO 620 B $0.89179 FL 710 AF 27 CA 355 A $5.50 78 CA 730 B $7.00 129 CO 620 C 180 FL 985 A 28 CA 375 Aa $6.00 79 CA 775 A 130 CO 620 D 181 ID 440 As $6.25 29 CA 375 Ab $7.25 80 CA 775 8 $700 131 CO 760 B 182 ID 440 Ab $700 30 CA 395 A 81 CA 775 C $600 132 CO 760 C 183 IL 120 A $305 31 CA 400 A $7 .00 82 CA 775 0 $600 133 CO 910 B $640 184 IL 135 B $8.25 32 CA 403 A $600 83 CA 775E 134 CT 320 A $088 185 IL 135 C $675 33 CA 407 A $625 84 CA 795 A $670 135 CT 340 A 186 IL 135 D $410 34 CA 412 A $7 .50 85 CA 835 A $6.25136 CT 422 A W/D 187 IL 150 Gb W/D 35 CA 414 A $15 .75 86 CA 835 8 137 CT 425 A 188 IL 150 J W/D 36 CA 445 8 87 CA 845 A $3300 138 DE 650 A 189 IL 150 M W/D 37 CA 445 C 88 CA 845 B $6 .25 139 DE 900 A 190 IL 150 V W/D 38 CA 450 8 $650 89 CA 847 Ab $510 140 FL 180 A $088 191 IL 150 Z $1.10 39 CA 450 C $6 .25 90 CA 857 A $6.50 141 FL 335 A 192 IL 150 AA $1 10 40 CA 450 D $6 .25 91 CA 874 A $6.50 142 FL 430 A $6.50 193 IL 150 AB $1 .60 41 CA 450 E $6 .25 92 CA 880 A $7.25143 FL 530 A 194 IL 150 AC $1 60 42 CA 450 G 93 CA 890 A $901 144 FL 530 B 195 IL 150 AD $160 43 CA 450 0. 04 CA 892 Aa $5 .10 145 FL 570 A 196 IL 150 AE $160 44 CA 475 A $6 .25 95 CA 895 A 146 FL 620 A 197 iL 150 AF 'N1D 45 CA 500 Ab $6 .50 96 CA 925 A $6.50 147 FL 620E 198 IL 151 A W/o 46 CA 500 C 97 CA 930 A $650 148 FL 710 A 199 IL 151 B $310 47 CA 510 B $0 .88 98 CA 931 A S650 149 FL 710 B $0.88200 IL 151 E W/D 48 CA 528 A 99 CA 945 A $5 .50 150 FL 710 C $0.88201 IL 165 A red $180 49 CA 528 8 100 CA 945 B $550 151 FL 710 D $088 202 IL 165 A blu $1 80 50 CA 530 A $7 .01 101 CA 945 C $0.88 152 FL 710 E $088 203 IL 173 A $1 10 51 CA 537 A $650 102 CA 945 D $0 .88 153 FL 710 F 204 IL 177 A $1 10 [See page 128 of the November 2002 Fare Box for list of tokens]

OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION President John M . Hoffman - 8334 Heron Circle - Ooltewah, Tennessee 37363 Vice-President William A . Sowell - P .O . Box 1235 - Cathedral City, California 92235-1235 Secretary Karl E . Gabsch - 2820 Scenic Meadow - Waldorf, Maryland 20603 Treasurer Joel J . Reznick - 116 Meyerson Way - Wheeling, Illinois 60090 Curator Keith M . Haney - 4614 Stonegate Way, Corpus Christi, Texas 78411-4829 Past President William G . Garrison - 9505 Normandy Avenue - Morton Grove, Illinois 60053-1337 The above, and the Editor of The Fare Box, constitute the Executive Board

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-January 2003- -Page 3- JANUARY SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford

ILLINOIS Passes 999 (Reported by Ed Joyce) BUS/59-60 AAo B 31 Pc (same as obverse)(Sc) $5 .00

NEW YORK Cortland 160 (Reported by New Issues Service) CORTLAND/TRANSIT/(BUS on APPLE) (circles 28 & 21mm) F Pb 38 Sd (same as obverse) (white printing) 1 .00

TEXAS Sabanno 801 (now a ghost town) GOOD FOR/ONE RIDE/H .D . CHILDS, PROP ./SABANNO, TEXAS A o Fr 45 Sd (blank) (black printing on obverse) 75 .00

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD The IL 999 pass listing seems to indicate that other late 1950s, early 1960s issues must exist, since we have several gaps in years known for tokens reported . The Cortland, NY 160 E, listed on page 116, October 2002, is not the token recently mailed out by N .I .S . Shipment 02-9 . It is this month's listing, so change its number to 160 F . Re the 160 E listing, circles measure 37mm and 26mm, and the printing is light blue . The N .I .S . should soon have a supply of the 160 E for its members, thanks to Joe Radomski who drove over there . The Sabanno, TX, listing was a recent eBay offering . The reserve bid was not met, hence it did not sell . The seller noted that Sabanno is now a ghost town in Eastland County that had a post office from 1901 to 1917 . Today only a ceme- tery and scattered ranches exist there . Les McCalip recently wrote to report an unlisted Krause Publications Club Tour token, the ANA Midwinter 1988 issue . It, and several other Fantasies list- ings in our current catalogue should be relisted as Club Tour Tokens when we publish a new A-C Catalogue . Cliff Mishler, of Krause Publications, inform me he still has a supply available and has offered them to our N .I .S . Chris O'Connor reports an interesting token that may be transportation re- lated : WM 19 Ch (2mm thick) : LEE LINE STEAMERS / 5< 1'11 Good For Sc in Trade Memphis, TN, was on the token holder . Last month on page 133 we pictured a beautiful Albany Steamboat token . Note that this is already listed as Timetable K on the A-C Catalogue . Probably it should be moved to a Miscellaneous listing, but we'll wait till the next edition for that . Note also it is a shellcard, and not solid brass . I .e ., it is hollow, as were many tokens made back in the middle of the 19th century .

NEW DIAL-A-RIDE TOKEN FROM EXETER, CALIFORNIA A while back, on a lead from Louis Crawford, I called Exeter, CA, to check to see if they were using tokens . They are, but the one they use is CA 960 C . How- ever they also are using a thin aluminum 23mm inscribed simply "EXETER" in incuse letters on one side, with blank reverse . Fare value is 50t but they charged me $1 each . They did not seem inclined to part with any more of them . I can't imagine a more uninteresting token, but they're using it for a dial-a-ride service .

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-Page 4- -January 2003- SUPPLEMENT #19 TO CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICA BY HAROLD V . FORD Second Edition

IDAHO Idaho Falls 380 (ex Unid 303 & 304) COUNTRY CORNER (ANTIQUE CAR) A Z 25 Sd Automatic Wash One 1 hh (Bz-plated) 4 .00 COUNTRY CORNER SELF SERVE B Z 23 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car) (WM-plated) 1 .00

ILLINOIS Bloomington 70 PERSONAL PRIDE CAR WASH (CARTOON CHARACTER AND AUTO) D W11 27 Sd (same as obv .) 1 .75

Moline 580 (ex 436 & 521) MOTHER HUBBARD'S CUPBOARD (MOTHER HUBBARD AND DOG) A Bz 29 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hh 2 .00

IOWA Cedar Rapids 150 AUTOMATIC CARWASH ABC-STORE rwm (ANTIQUE CAR) F W'M 29 Sd No Cash Value 5 .00

KANSAS Topeka 940 (ex Unid 432) FAST EDDY'S C Bz 27 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hm 5 .00

MASSACHUSETTS Fall River 260 (ex Unid 301) CLIFF'S CARWASH TOKEN A Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car) 1 .00

NEW YORK Batavia 55 FALLETI MOTORS CAR WASH BATAVIA, NY B o B 23 Sd (blank) 5 .00

Chester 135 .5 BROOKSIDE CAR WASH RT 17 M CHESTER, NY A B 25 Sd No Cash Value hh (scars) 1 .00

TOKEN MANUFACTURERS STOCK TOKEN Group 30 CARWASH TOKEN hh (ANTIQUE CAR) Z B 29 Sd Free Car Wash hh (20 stars)

Group 40 CARWASH TOKEN rwm (ANTIQUE CAR) Q Bz 23 St-sc (crown over $ in wreath)

Group 90 CARWASH TOKEN NON REFUNDABLE NO CASH VALUE hh U B 29 Sd (cartoon auto facing right) (stars) V B 29 Sd Carwash Token Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back hh

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BRITISH COLUMBIA Coquitlam 310 WESTWWOOD CAR WASH (2 CHECKERED FLAGS) D Bz 27 Sd 24 Hr Self Serve Cars Boats & RVs Trucks Coquitlam B .C . hm 3 .50

ONTARIO Brantford 125 PIONEER (in PENNANT) Lombardo Sherbr . Q C B 23 Sd Carwash Token (antique car) 3 .50

UNIDENTIFIED AQUA-TECH CAR WASH rwm (LOGO) 545 Bz 23 Sd No Cash Value rwm CHAMPION BRUSHLESS CHAMPSET AUTOMATIC CARWASH NON-REFUNDABLE rwm 546 B 29 Sd Automatic Car Wash Token rwm (antique car) CLASSY CHASSIS rwm (ANTIQUE CAR) 547 Bz 23 Sd No Cash Value rwm DEL'S CAR WASH (1930's AUTO) 548 Bz 25 Sd Laserclean Car Wash hh (antique car) LUBE DEPOT EXPERT OIL CHANGE 549 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car) MAGIC CAR WASH 220 W . CARLSON (LOGO) 550 B 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) PALISADE CAR WASH (2 ORANGES) 551 Bz 25 Sd Good For One Self Service Cycle No Cash Value One 1 hh PONDEROSA CARWASH (TREE) 552 WM 25 Sd Ponderosa Carwash rwm (tree) STEWART CAR WASH rwm 553 B 25 Sd No Cash Value rwm (2mm thick) WESTCHESTER CAR WASH 554 B 26 Sd Car Wash Token

CARWASHCHAINSTOCK TOKENS Group 280 SUPER WASH (with SUDS) rwm P B 29 Sd Automatic Car Wash rwm (antique car)

Group 330 WATER WORKS CAR WASH (WATER DROP WITH FACE) r rwm D B 27 Sd No Cash Value No Refund

Group 410 (Missouri) FAST LANE CAR WASHES (SUDS) A B 27 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) (HR-plated)

yu1NUF . STOCK CAR WASH TOKENS Group 90 IDX CAR WASH TOKEN C B 25 Sd (same as obverse)

Group 110 POLISHED IMAGE & SUPPLY 1 .800 .284 .4862 (AUTO & CARTOON CHARACTER)tm A WM 25 Sd One Quarter in Trade No Cash Value 25c CSPr Wash Token (reeded edge)

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-Page 6- -January 2003- SUPPLEMENT # SVP-47 TO THE FIFTH EDITION =

TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE-3430 DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE / 50c / PARKING BREAK A Pw 28 Sd (blank)

AUSTRIA AUSTPTMS-3051 PARKMUNZE / 1 / GESIG B B 31 Sd (blank) 1 .50 PARKMUNZE / 2 / GESIG C B 28 Sd (blank) 1 .50 PAR'1C?UNZE / 3 / GESIG D B 26 Sd (blank) 1 .50 PAR}CV?UNZE / 4 / GESIG E B 22 Sd (blank) 1 .50 PAR? I1UNZE / 5 F B 22 Sd (blank) 1 .50 AUSTPTMS-3053 GINDL PAR}C`NNZE / 1 A B 22 Sd (same as obverse) _ .50 GINDL FARKMUNZE / B B 24 Sd (same as obverse) 1 .50 GINDL PARKMUNZE / 3 C B 26 Sd (same as obverse) i .50 GINDL PARKMUNZE / 4 D B 28 Sd (same as obverse) 1 .50 GINDL PARSC4UNZE / 5 E B 30 Sd (same as obverse) 1 .50

ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS

PTUN-3136 :DELETE-Not a Parking Token

PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY JOE PERNICANO =

Knoxville has instituted a parking program details of which I have none . If a local can check this out please drop me a line . KLAUS GINDL is a gate manufacturer located in Wien, Austria . Bob Schopp located the site of Breezy Point Coop, PTUN-3136 . It's a gated community located in Breezy Point, NY . I contacted the people there & they informed me that the token was used to activate a gate to admit residents into the residential area . An admission token does not qualify as a parking token, hence its deletion . FEISELS FIFTH EDITION is available direct from me at $25 postpaid & will come with SUPPLEMENT UPDATES with FAREBOX references . Unlisted items and/or varieties should be sent to me for cataloguing . J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROOMALL, PA 19008 =

CAR WASH TOKEN PRICE CHANGES AS OF DECEMBER, 2002 Cat . # New Price Cat . x New Price Cat . # New Price FL 335 A $10 .00 IN 920 B 5 .00 PA 300 A $3 .00 FL 335 B 10 .00 IA 265 A 1 .25 PA 300 B 3 .00 FL 595 A 1 .50 IA 760 B 1 .50 PA 522 C 8 .00 FL 985 B 10 .00 MD 730 A 5 .00 MD 730 A 5 .00 IL 70 A 3 .50 MA 660 A 1 .00 PA 805 A 3 .50 IL 70 B 3 .50 MI 430 A 1 .50 PA 818 A (o) 2 .00 IL 135 D 3 .00 MI 430 B 5 .00 IN 715 A 7 .00 IL 417 5 .00 MO 350 B 2 .00 UT 750 N 4 .00 IL 488 A 1 .00 OH 390 B (0) 1 .00 WA 720 B 2 .50 IL 594 D 3 .50 OH 615 A (0) 1 .00 WV 830 A 5 .00 IN 520 D 3 .50 OR 90 C 5 .00 WI 109 A 6 .00 IN 605 A 5 .00 CWCST Gp 330 D(7) $3 .00 (Peoria, IL) IN 832 B 3 .50 (o) = obsolete

[List compiled by Louis Lockwood]

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STRCARCo(I' I 0 N A D _~ 11 'r 7 M M '7 Is T) T) !I t anage v : Anna 6 806 ButCeA MN 55404-4402 (672) 871-4699 737 EaWtJ 26th Stwet Mtr.neap 0 6ih AVA members, Larger ads Ads of up cc 3 column inches in each catagory are free Co . Ads must reach the mana- or full page) must be sent co the Fare Box editor be held for next month s gers by the FIFTH of Che month of Issue, o :' [hey will wWwut changing the ' oO cling . Use Issue . DO NOT 1wt the ocune ad tin eonoecu.tLue as well as your name . address'ano the 2-Cetter~, State abbreviation in your ad . be foupd by looking at a previous ad 'o :- complete 9-digit zip code, which car ; one ad per catagory, more +il .' ce comeined AVA membership roster . Submit only cue t ng to ?n[o one ad, or held for next month's issue . Please, 0 y ado 't rated tin p M o4 the Ame4ican Vec w ii Aoooctiatwn

MANAGER'S MEMO

It is our hopes that all [WI) 220-A, B ; 790-I, J, K, I need some help finding i members had a very happy M; M - Lo'. o` about 280 'he following tokens . I'll holiday season, and that bent, beat . bruised, ab- pay your price if you can the coming year will be used, assaulted, stained, help . [AK] 400-A, 450-C, filled with good health, corroded, smashed . cut 3, P, Q ; 998-A and 1000- happiness and successful and/or abandoned tokens. H ; [CA] 450-AW ; [CO] 690- token collecting . Bid33 B ; [UT) 650-B ; 800-A ; Paul Cunningham [WY] 100-0, P ; 120-A, I P r © x1V'J,y 7D;'close Mar . 7 . 0. Box 1 thru P. Tecumseh 141 49286- SAydney White [IL] 150-G, good condition. 4760 So . Jason Street (610) 869-5854 . I Englewood CO Robert Schottin 80110-6413 735 W . States Road I just acquired the 3090 West Grove PA token Foster Palmer col- Scranton, PA tokens . Espe- 19390-9401 lection which includes 32 cially [PA] .840-A, B, C . Or tokens catalogueing above PA tokens . ALL [PA] . Min 2X cat or $50 .00 . Send SASE for Carl Packer shown amount . 15-K, 0 ; copy of the new list . RR 2 Box 362 25-C (4.65) ; 65-C .60), (4 Bill Garrison Dalton PA 18414-9055 D ; 135- (9.10) ; 145-A 9505 Normandy Avenue (5.70) ; 146-B (7.10) ; 150-B Morton Grove 1L Need these Illinois tokens (28 .15) ;.. 165-E (16 : .15) H 60053-1337 10-B ; 70-F, H ; 95-B, 100- (4 .70, worn, visible) ; 180-D A ; 130-B ; 150-C (6 .40) ; 195-C .90) ; 295-B ; 155-B ; (8 200-A thru E ; 210-A, E ; (24.45) ; 320-Aa (8.80) ; 235-B, C 325-A (4 ; 250-C ; 270-A ; .35) ; 360-A KY] 510-AK, Louisville 320-A, B ; 350-D, F ; 455- (4 .95) ; 400-B (15 .25), C Railway School Ticket . Sell A, C, D, E ; 460-E, G, H, J, (5 .30), D (5 .70) ; 425-C $1 each and SASE. Have a (7 .45) ; K' 470-B, C ; 495-B ; 755- 440-D (10.10) ; 455- few. Multiple orders wel- A ; 815-A, B, D . A (6.70) . come . Ricky Curtis Gene Hurford Jerome Schaeper, Jr . 245 McCarty Road 1527 Tulip Court 3466-Meadowlark Drive Fredericksburg VA Longmont CO Edgewood KY 22405-5708 80501-2454 41018-2608

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-PAGE 8- -January 2003- APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP 3134 CHANDRA BUI - c/o New York Transit Museum - 130 Livingston St ., 7th floor Registrar (Schneider) /Brooklyn, NY 11201 3135 B RIT T HALL - 201 Windsor - Forney, Texas 75126-4011 [972-564-0047] Age 42 ; Purchasing agent . (Lockwood)

ADMITTED TO LIFE MEMBERSHIP L-3037 Les V . McCalip . L-2026 Rudolph A . Peters . L-2604 Bill Weber

CHANGE OF ADDRESS 2883 Terry Capps - 165 N . Canal Ave . #1306 - Chicago, IL 60606 [312-559-1332] 2914 Rev . Alvin C . Foster - correct email address to afos@eznet .net 2901 Shirley Houser - P .O . Box 314 - Macungie, PA 18062-0314 2201 Gary Carl Mitchell - correct ZIP code to 06825 1394 Charles E . Nichols - correct ZIP code to 94551-4247 2846 Forrest Stevens - 313 W .E . Hill, Apt . B - Pullman, Washington 99163

THE HALIFAX STEAMBOAT FERRY TOKEN : NOVA SCOTIA 450 A During the 19th Century transportation companies offering freight and passen- ger service often issued tokens to facilitate payment and discourage theft . The Halifax Steam Boat Company, ussuer of our token, operated a ferry service between Halifax and Dartmouth, N .S ., from 1817 to 1890 . Little is known about this ferry token . Its existence was not recorded until 1878 when a puzzled collector appealed to a numismatic journal for information . Company records make no mention of provi- sions for its production and use, so even the date of issue and exact use are open to speculation . Rolls of tokens have been found in original wrappers dated as early as 1846 . But the only discovery of a significant quantity was in the late 1880's when a large hoard was uncovered during the demolition of one of the company's offices . It would appear then that the tokens were produced early in the company's history, but were not widely distributed . Two possibilities have been proposed to explain the apparently restricted use of these fokens . First, it has been suggested that the company directors were not pleased with the design of the ship that appears on the token, as it bore no resemblance to the ferries actually used by the company . Another possibility is that because of changes in the laws governing the distrubiton of private tokens, the firm was u..ab'.e to distrib .ztc:d t hen. in quantity-. The token is made of copper and is about the size of a Canadian one-cent coin . One of them forms part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada .

[The above article is reprinted from the December, 1985, issue of the BANK OF CANADA REVIEW]

Fred Sader reports that Charlotte, NC, will issue a new token in its series of pictorial park-ride tokens for year 2003 . This one pictures a historic home in Char- lotte on one side, and the same reverse as N C 160 H on the other side . A one-ounce pure silver presentation will also be available . Only 500 of these will be struck . Fred will secure the regular issue token for the N .I .S . Bill Weber reports an interesting 32mm triangular-shaped bronze token with blank reverse, inscribed on obv : "LMR (stamped numerals) ST . PANCRAS PARCELS CAR- TAGE . I think it's English but am not sure . It is not a ride token . C .R . Clark reports a new reverse type for FL 930 E . The listed token has a period after IS . in "Treasure Is . Causeway" . The new one C .R . found has no period .

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NEW ISSUES EDITOR EDITOR JINNOLD V. FORD J. A COFUER, Jfki 43 (Arroyo give vP. Q. cox 1204 Moraga, California (4oston, Massachusetts 94556 02104

New Issues Service 98vortising Maaagors WILLIAM A. SOWELL ROBERT Aan RX BEL10118R P. 0. Box 1235 731 'ast 26th Street Q' inneapolis, nnesota Cathedral City. California 55404 92235-1235

Volume 57, Number 2 FEBRUARY 2003 OUR 668th ISSUE

March 11 . Together with this issue you will find the Index to Volume 56, on the back of which is a list of all tokens reported in Catalogue Supplements during 2002 . This sheet should be put with your December 2002 Fare Box . Ted Meyers has placed the print order for the new 7-year Supplement to the Atwood Coffee Catalogue . This will be only a few pages larger than last year's 6-year supplement . Last year we printed 200 and sold out immediately . So this year we're printing 250 of them, and I hope to hold the price as close to last year's price . Annoucement will be made in the next issue of The Fare Box . While roaming the internet recently I came across a listing for "senior taxi tokens" being used in Taylor, M1 . So I called the taxi company, and they described a token that was unfamiliar to me, and said I'd have to call the "senior center" to buy them . He then added, "Do you have the token from Lincoln Park?" So first I called Taylor and they were quite willing to sell me just two of them at $4 apiece . The token is 25mm brass : "Taylor / Cab / hm / Transportation // Taylor / (logo) / Made For You" Very neat token . Then I called the senior center at Lincoln Park, where I was told they would have to talk to their supervisor, who would have to take it up with their legal department . After some delay they also agreed to sell me just two of them, but they haven't arrived yet . I suspect there are dozens of tokens out there that we do not know about . I'm going after them . Incidentally Louis Crawford hit on the Taylor token just about the same time I did, and sent me info along with lots of other possibles . I'm happy to announce that we are going to have both varieties of the Mack- inac Bridge tokens for New Issues Service members, thanks to a non-member who lives up there and is going to a lot of trouble for us . Harry Crow reports a token like VA 985 G (reported 3/02) except that Harry's token does not have the "703" area code in the phone number. Ed Axthelm tried to check it out but no one knew anything about it . Could be a rejected error, but I suspect it's in use . Harry also reported a token like VA 985 F but with "HRT / TROLLEY / oc" which is for "Hampton Roads Trolley ." He's working on it . Roaming the internet recently I came across a token being used in a remote part ,of northern New Mexico on a bus between Angel Fire and Eagle Nest . Fascinated, I phoned them and learned that tokens are sold at 10 for $18, but the token is just a generic "eagle" type token . They promised to send me one gratis, but it hasn't arrived yet .

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-Page 10-- -February 2003- 2003 American Vecturist Association Convention

This year's convention, our 53`d Annual, will be held in Buffalo, New York from August 7 - 10 at the Adam's Mark Hotel at 120 Church Street . The Rooms at this hotel are, most assuredly, among the finest we have stayed in . Single/Double rate will be $89/night (including continental breakfast Friday & Saturday only) and will be honored for three days after the convention . Prior to our show, early registrations will be handled on an as available basis (they have a large convention in town just before we come) - please check with the hotel (716-845-5116 - do not use their 800 # as we have a special rate contracted for with the hotel). Parking (and I did everything I could to avoid this) is $6 .25 per day with in/out privileges . Should you prefer, valet service is available at $12 . If you are attending the convention, please plan to stay at the convention hotel - many of our bourse room costs have been deferred based upon our sleeping room usage . Handicapped rooms are available, and the Coffee Shop is open from 6 :30 AM - 11 PM daily.

Thursday early birds will gather in the lobby (or in the Head Frog's room - ask at the Front Desk. At 1 PM, we will gather and proceed (trail style) to the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY, where we will ride their antique 1916 hand-carved Wooden Carrousel, see carrousel animals being carved, observe others facets of carrousel manufacture and receive a special wooden nickel produced for our convention . When we are finished there, we'll all essay for dinner at some creative eatery. After which, if all the vectures have been traded, we'll return to the hotel .

Friday, we'll have our usual bourse, beginning at 9 AM in the Wright Room . At 2:30 PM, there will be an Executive Board meeting in the Head Frog's Room . At 5:30, activity in the Wright Room should cease (you may leave your material in the room this evening), allowing everyone to prepare for our Annual Banquet - 6:30 cocktails, 7PM dinner. If we're lucky, we may have a speaker from NFTA.

Saturday, at 9 AM we'll have our Annual Auction in the Wright Room, after which you may continue boursing. Since NFTA will pick us up at 1 :30, you should plan to have your stuff out of the Wright Room by 1 PM. From the lobby, we'll be taken to the NFTA line and given a comprehensive ride and site overview of their operations . When that is finished, we'll be transported to the Buffalo Transportation/Pierce-Arrow Museum, founded and maintained by James T . Sandoro, to see Pierce- Arrow autos, bicycles, motorcycles, signs, parts and accessories all focusing on Buffalo's history . After the museum visit, we'll enjoy a catered dinner there, and be free for the rest of the evening to enjoy Greater Buffalo .

Sunday morning, our Annual Business meeting will start at 9 AM in the Wright Room, after which we will have our usual Brunch, then off to our hometowns until next year - maybe North Carolina then?

The Head Frog

On page 8 of last month's Fare Box I reported a brass triangular token picked up by Bill Weber inscribed "St . Pancras Parcels Cartage ." Comes now a letter from AVA member John Tolson of England, who explains its usage : "This comes from St . Pancras Station in London, the terminus of the Midland Railway . The passenger sta- tion was opened on 1 October 1868, although a goods depot with access off other com- panies' lines had been open in stages since 1862 . The token in question comes from the parcels depot and the initials LMR stand for London Midland Region, which dates it after the nationalisation of British Railways on 1 January 1948 . It was almost cer- tainly used as a wages check ." Shane Cornell has found a listing for J .A . Hays in a 1911-12 business directory for Apache, Oklahoma . So we now have a home for Unidentified #118 and #247 . As I've owned the 118 for years, I am just delighted with this news .

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-February 2003- -Page 11- THE NURNBERG-FURTH STRASSENBAHN PICTORIAL TOKENS : GERMANY 740 AD-BW By Dipl .-Ing . K . Sieber, Manager, Nurnberg-Furth Street Railway Editor's Note : The following article is reprinted from the March 11, 1922, issue of Electric Railway Journal . Accordingly it was published just as these aluminum tokens were going into use . Smith's catalogue lists them at $1 .50 apiece, which I believe is on the high side, as they are quite common . I believe $35 to $50 would be appropriate for the complete set . Note also that the article indicates the tokens were never good for payment of a full fare, although Smith says that they were . I have a beautiful bronze medal issued on the inauguration of the Nurnberg-Furth Railway, which apparently was the first one built in Germany . - JMC In proportion to the decline of the value of money in Germany during the last few years, an : inreasing want has been felt for small coins for change . First the gold and silver coins disappeared ; then the copper and nickel coins went, too . Even the supply of iron coins which followed could not be maintained by the federal mints . Cities were then authorized to issue paper fractional currency for change . This helped some, but did not relieve the situation fully . The amount of the money thus issued, especialy the metal money, was not sufficient, and much of it was retained by collectors, and found its way even beyond the boundaries of Germany . The paper currency, issued for small denominations, such as 10 and 25 pfennings, proved inconvenient to handle . Moreover, it soon became damaged beyond use . The street railway companies in Germany constantly urged their patrons to have the correct fare always ready, but the constant scarcity of change made it impossible for them to conform with this request . This reduced the fare receipts considerably, as the conductors could not make change in many cases . This trouble gave several street railway companies the idea that they might issue their own metal money, a plan which turned out quite well . In Nuremberg, too, the lack of small coins for change was felt . At first the --idea of a coin or token to represent "a fare's was considered, but it was rejected because of the large initial cost of coining such a token, and the fact that the fre- quency with which fares are apt to change made the life of any token rather short . In the spring of 1921, it was decided to reduce the cost of these coins by using their reverse side for advertising purposes . We had already orders for these "ads.," but had to abandon the idea on account of the unstable financial conditions at that time . In the meantime the lack of small change became more and more acute, and in April 1921, it was decided to issue octagonal aluminum coins of 20 pfennig denom- ination, on the reverse side of which would appear interesting views of Nuremberg and Furth, such as of the memorial statues, fountains, busts of famous artists, etc . These coins were to be used as change and were given for such by conductors upon presentation of a note of high denomination . The fares were then 60, 80, and 100 pfennigs for rides of respectively 3, 6, and more than 6km . The coins were valid as currency only of course for street car travel . They were legal tenders to no one else, but we have the right to refuse a ride if the passenger could not present the exact legal fare . At first the public accepted the new coins with interest but without enthusiasm . The coins came partly back to us, but their use became current also, against our intentions, in retail business transactions throughout the city, though some merchants refused to accept them in payment of goods or for change . The first issue was 50,000 of each kind . Then the design on the reverse side was changed . Some of these coins turned out to be very attractive and popular n design, and this fact awakened interest of collectors . Tourists, passing through Nuremberg, liked to take along a set of these coins as a souvenir, so that the demand for them increased at such a rate that the manufacturers of the coins, who were undergoing a metal shortage, could not keep up with the demand .

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-Page 12- -February 2003- Soon a regular exchange value of these coins was established . It is said that some of them sold at a premium of 2,000% or more . At some of the principal street corners, on racetracks and at other sporting places temporary exchanges were es- tablished for the purchase and exchange of the street railway emergency money . For every kind of coin a special value was established, according to the rarity of that particular coin . Newspapers published poems and short stories dealing with the emer- gency money, and witty songs were sung on the vaudeville stage to announce the issue of new pictures on coins . Suddenly the streetcar conductor became the most popular man in town . Unfort- unately it took but a few minutes for him to be sold out . He was, of course, permit- ted only to sell the emergency money at par value . Most of the conductors used the coins to secure for themselves a large amount of change money . They gave, for ex- ample, one mark in coins and nine marks in papler money for ten marks in change . Various manufacturers became interested and made up and sold rapidly neat hold- ers for this emergency money . Bracelets and other adornments were made out of the coins . All told, 45 different types of token were issued . What is of greatest importance however was that the number of travelers on the street railway increased considerably . Many a passenger took a ride on the street railway with the tacit hope of getting one of the rare emergency coins . Otherwise he would have walked . A further value of the tokens lies in the fact that they advertise Nuremberg . Its beauty is carried by them to all parts of the world . Not only were beautiful views of the city circulated in this way, but people were made familiar with the names of such famous men as Al- brecht Durer, Hans Sachs, Peter Vischer, Wenzel Jamnitzer, et al . As a last, and maybe not least, advantage may be mentioned that in the minds of the populace was awakened an interest in their own country and their own famous past . The school board, in particular, reported that the pupils- were greatly helped in learning about the history of the famous men of Nuremberg . The demand for these coins is very large up to today, but it would be impractical now to get out a new edition, as the cost of making such coins at the present would be more than their face value . *x*a* DROPPED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF A .V .A . DUES The following members had not yet paid their AVA dues as of last week . There are 86 names on the list and we don't want to lose any of them . If you know someone on the list please let him know that we miss him . These are listed by AVA number, and not alphabetically, so from earliest to join to last to join . Edrick .Miller, James Zervas, Lester Davis, T. Richard Masuda, Jim Medd, Thomas Brown, F . Burnette, Robert Slawsky, Col Allen Kent, David . Bill Murray, Richard Grinolds, William P. Mann, J . Norman Wilding, Barbara Davis, Mark Aldighere, Warren Bird, Russell Hallock, Marshall Bieniasz, Russell Dale Long, Michael J . Hoff- man (#2033), Steven Saller, Albert Hartman, Michael Carbonaro, Michael Hoffman (#2194), Gary Robinson, Rich- ard Bottles, R . Sam La rove, John Ohlson, Andrew Grahl, Joe Caronetti, William Bridge, David Cox, William . Mangahas, Ward Wallau, James Collingwood, Sharon Miller, R . Thurston Clark, Douglas Martin, Lee Kuntz, Martin Patelsky, George Wilcox, Francois Boucher, Ronald Chucksa, Bruce Douglas, David Germ, Robert Farricy, H .F .A.M . van den Holmberg, George Gerry, Paul Nelson, David Harper, Clifford Anderson, . George Pettigrew, James Ferrante, David Arrow, Robert Wojcikosky, Robert Bates, Ralph Antonsen, Robert White, Eugene H . Fer- guson, Jake Brouwer, Dennis Wachholz, Raymond Dotin g Patricia Lahti, George Chevallier, Jeff Smurthwaite, Mark Dela Vega, Fred Eines, Wallace Smith, Stephen Banaka, Bruce Nagata, Franc Connor, Kenneth Markely, Matthew Theroux, David Barron, Scott Entra, Peter Hudik, Duke Zimmerman, Lee Krug, John Walthall, Robbins, Patsy Page, Dr Jeff . Tony Chibbaro, Denny Faulkner, David Fishman, Rolla Ross . If any of the above have paid their dues, please let Joel Reznick, the treasurer, know rightt away so he can correct the mailing list .

On page 554 of Volume II of the catalogue,,, an article by the late Roy Nulph and Harry Campbell on the Vernal, UT 900 A token states that the service operated from December, 1944, to January, 1945 . I always thoughtthar strange because it was difficult at the time to obtain brass tokens . A Vernal newspaper article just received from Lee Cheves of Vernal indicates that the service actually began in July, 1947, and lasted only briefly . This makes more sense, so correct the info in Volume II . The token, incidentally, is extremely rare . Marie Johnson sold me the original discovery piece . - JMC

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-February 2003- -Page 13- SUPPLEMENT #JVP-48 TO FEISEL'S FIFTH =

MICHIGAN MONROE-3650 (Formerly PTUN-3149) MONROE BANK & TRUST MONROE BANK & TRUST / MBT (O&R : Black lettering) C Pg 41 Sd Valid For 1 Hour of Parking Valid For 1 Hour Of Parking / Parking / Validation 1 .00

OHIO WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS-3920 (Reported by V Nolan) SOUTH / POINTE / HOSPITAL (O&R:Silverktlering) A Pw 32 Sd Parking / Token 1 .00

WASHINGTON KIRKLAND-3425 CITY OF KIRKLAND / WASHINGTON (scene)(8maa steel center) A B 25 Sd One / Hour / Parking / RWM 1 .00

PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY JOE PERNICANO = ************************************ I finally located the home for the neat plastic piece from Monroe, MI . Vic Nolan has turned up a neat plastic item . South Pointe Hospital was formerly known as Brentwood Hospital . The city of Kirkland, WA is using a neat meter token . Anyone interested in getting one write to the city, 123 5th Ave zip 98033 . Enclose one dollar plus a SASE . I have been informed that tokens are in use at the CANADIAN COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE--1255 Sheppard Ave E---North York, ONT M2K1E2 . My inquiries have gone unanswered . Anyone wanting the hard cover 300+ pages of the FIFTH EDITION, write me direct . Postpaid at $25 and I will include sheets listing all new listings with SUPPLEMENT references . Anyone wanting the newly listed items only, lOc per page + postage . J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROOMALL, PA 19008 =

NEW TOKEN FOR MONTCLAIR, NJ, SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE Montclair Township in New Jersey has inaugurated a shuttle bus service for residents that provides transportation to the New Jersey Transit Bay Street train station during peak morning and evening rush hours . Cash is not accepted on the bus so patrons must purchase tokens at 50C each from the office of the Township Clerk . According to information sent along by Arnold Korotkin, service began February 18 of this year, and is subsidized by the federal government . Unfortunately the token being used is strictly generic, and could be used for anything, such a video games, so we can't list it . Still, some of us collect these things, and here is the description : NO CASH VALUE/(EAGLE AND 2 STARS)/oc/NON NEGOTIABLE B 25 Sd No/Cash/Value/oc - Companies that use generic style tokens do so because they are far less expensive than having their own tokens made up . This particular generic design, by Osborne Coinage of Cincinnati, is different from any that I have seen before .

To the left and right are picture, exact size, of a commemorative bronze medal issued by Halifax Metro Transit in Nova Scotia to commemorate 250 yearss of ferry service there . This service used NS 100 X and NS 450 A . These medals were given out, briefly, during the celebration. Thanks to Randy Larson for sending it along .

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-Page 14- -February 2003 FEBRUARY SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford

CALIFORNIA Exeter 277 (Reported by John Coffee) EXETER A A 23 Sd (blank) $1 .00

San Diego- 745 (Reported by Etii Bail & Bill Sowell) . SAN DIEGO TRANSIT/CENTURY OF SERVICE/1886-1986 AGo A 16 Sd Urban/One Fare/San Diego, CA . (* 1987) (anodized red) (2,000 struck) ***

COLORADO Sterling 840 (Reported by Jim Zervas E Ron Shearer) COUNTY EXPRESS/FREE/ROUTE RIDE/(LOGO) A o We 39 Sd Wooden Nickel/(buffalo) (* 1999) .50

FLORIDA Jacksonville 380 (Reported by Ed Joyce) REGENCY SQUARE MALL/JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA/ X B 29 Sd Good For/One/Train Ride/8M (* 2002)(4,000 struck) 2 .00

MASSACHUSETTS Whitman 930 (Reported by John Coffee) JBL/BUS LINES/781-843-4505 A B 25 Sd Good For 1 One Way Trip/No Refunds/Rwn (jbl on bus) 3 .50

MICHIGAN St . Ignace 860 (Reported by Louis Lockwood & John Coffee) MACKINAC BRIDGE/AUTHORITY/2000/(BRIDGE) A Bz 29 Sd Michigan's #1/Civil Engineering Project/of the/ 20th Century (over map of Michigan)/(wreath) 2 .00 MACKINAC BRIDGE/AUTHORITY/2002/(BRIDGE) B Bz 29 Sd Bridge View/ P;Yrk/ (building and trees) 2 .00

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD The Exeter, CA, listing was mentioned on page 3 of the January issue . It is doubtful if the New Issues Service will handle this one as the local authority does not seem inclined to part with any more of them . San Diego, CA 745 AG was issued about the same time as the listed 745 Z . It was sent out to employees and numerous vendors in a Christmas card with Santa holding a token in his hands . Leftovers might have been sold in their transit store downtown . A few showed up in fare box collections, but most were kept by their owners . The local authority no longer has any specimens, hence we shall not assign a dollar value at this time . The Sterling, CO, woodnik was mentioned on page 56 of the May 2002 Fare Box . Ron Shearer contacted the local authority and obtained a supply for N .I .S . members . It was distributed as a freebie at local events . Normal fare is $2 .00 .

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-February 2003- -Page 15- JBL Bus Lines has a number of local routes south of Boston . Some connect with MBTA transfer points and ferry connections . The more local routes have fares of 50C, 75C, and $1 . The token we list as 930 A, mentioned on page 1 of the Janu- ary Fare Box, is used on a direct commuter route from Whitman, MA, into downtown Boston . The N .I .S . will distribute this one to its members . The token we list as MI 860 A was mentioned on page 121 of the November 2002 Fare Box . Since then our editor learned that there was a second issue last year . The toll on the bridge is about to be increased . A local gift shop operator who is not an AVA member saw our write-up in COIN WORLD and wrote and volunteered to obtain a supply for our New Issues Service, so N .I .S . members should be receiving at least one of these in due time .

IRWIN SCROGGINS DONATES COLLECTION TO A .V .A . Nineteen sixty-one was a very good year . In that year Hal Ford and I persuaded Roland Atwood to sell us his collection, then the largest in existence . And in March of that year Irwin Scroggins, then age 49, of Milwaukee joined the AVA as #362 . Irwin was an auditor for The Milwaukee Electric Railway Co ., and in that capacity over the ensuing decades was able to acquire a lot of older Wisconsin tokens . A few months ago Irwin phoned me and said he wanted to donate his collection to The Fare Box, and last month his grandson, who lives near Boston, delivered the collection to my apartment here in Brookline . Such kindness and generosity is not often encountered these days . The collection has some very good Wisconsin tokens, and enough of several of them to reduce the catalogue value . So I am going to sell some of them for straight cash, and auction the good ones, with all proceeds going to pay the expenses of mailing and publishing THE FARE BOX . If you order any of the tokens for straight sale be sure to enclose a stamped return envelope for the token(s), or to return your check if you are too late . So here we go :

FOR DIRECT SALE WI 510 E . Price $25 .00 . There are 10 of these, all the same thickness . first come first served . WI 510 I . Price $15 .00 . There are 8 of these, all same thickness . first come first served . WI 700 B . Price $30 .00 . There are 11 of these . first come first served . WI 700 D . Price $1 .00 . There are over 50 of these, enough for everybody . WI 790 A . Price $15 .00 . That's right . There are 57 of these . It brought $71 and $76 in the last two AVA Convention auctions . I think we have enough for everybody who wants one .

FOR AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER (only have one each unless noted) WI 510 A . There are 2 of these, which will go to the 2 highest bidders . WI 510 G . Brought $121 and $98 in last two AVA auctions . WI 510 J WI 640 A WI 700 C WI 930 A WI 930 B ALSO FOR AUCTION : WI 530 C, a beauty . Just found this one . (Census-5) There are a number of other common tokens, which will be available at the AVA Convention in Buffalo . The auction will close FRIDAY, APRIL 4 . Send bids directly to the Editor in Boston .

To the left are photos of TX 750 D, which was for sale on ebay with a $6 .00 minimum . The seller didn't realize what he had, and when he was informed that he had a very rare token, the token was pulled off sale and swapped to someone who wanted it badly . A beautiful old Texas hack token .

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-Page 16- -February 2003- 2nd Auction of the Car Wash Tokens from the Mike Super Collection

I All bids must be post marked no later than March 29th . 2 Bids under Catalogue value will not be considered . 3 Please bid by Lot #. 4 Successful bidders are responsible for postage and insurance and must remit payment prior to shipment. 5 Please submit bids using one of the following methods : Mail: Karl Gabsch, 2820 Scenic Meadow St ., Waldorf, Md . 20603 E-mail: k absch hotmail com Phone- 301 - Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot 1 IN 30 Am IA 510 B 87 MD 60 Gb 130 MN 148 A 173 MO 870 B 216 NY 320 A 259 OH 385 C 2 IN 30 Ab 45 IA 640 A 88 M060 K 131 MN 215 A 174 MO 910 8 217 NY 407 A 260 OH 390 A 3 IN 210 A 46 IA 690 A 89 MD 60 L 132 MN 305 A 175 MO 910F 218 NY 410 A 261 OH 445 A 4 1N 223 A 47 IA 740 A 90 MD 60 M 133 MN 307 A 176 MO 915 A 219 NY 497 B 262 OH 445 B 5 IN 260 A 48 IA 765 A 91 MD 330 A 134 MN 400 A 177 MO 915 B 220 NY 530 A 263 OH 487 A 6 IN 260 B 49 IA 765 B 92 MD 380 A 135 MN 403 A 178 MO 975 8 221 NY 615 B 264 OH 505 A 7 IN 290 A 50 IA 800 A 93 MD 380 Ca 136 MN 405 A 179 MT 660 A 222 NY 663 A 265 OH 505 B 8 IN 310 A 51 1A 850 A 94 MD 380 Cb 137 MN 430 A 180 NE 540 C 223 NY 732 A 266 OH 505 C 9 IN 384 A 52 IA 850 8 95 MD 3801 138 MN 445 B 181 NE 540 F 224 NY 765 A 267 OH 568 A 10 IN 390 Eb 53 IA 930 B 96 MD 380 J 139 MN 510 A 182 NE 675 A 225 NY 780 A 268 OH 568 B 11 1N 39O F 54 IA 970 A 97 MD 540 A 140 MN 5401 183 NE 700 B 226 NY 845 A 269 OH 570 A 12 IN 390 G 55 KS 180 A 98 MD 550 A 141 MN 540 K 184 NE 700 C 227 NY 905 A 270 OH 578 A 13 IN 410 A 56 KS 350 A 99 MD 620 B 142 MN 552 A 185 NE 700E 228 NC 390 A 271 OH 595 A 14 1N 410 B 57 KS 785 A 100 MD 675 A 143 MN 565 A 186 NV 125 A 229 NC 465 A 272 OH 694 A 15 IN 410 Ca 58 KS 785 Ba 101 M0730 A 144 MN 595 A 187 NV 190 A 230 NC 700 A 273 OH 710 A 16 IN 410 Cb 59 KS 785 Bb 102 MD 840 A 145 MN 610 A 188 NV 200 Ab - 231 NC 980 A 274 OH 723 A 17 IN 430 A 60 KS 785 C 103 MD 840 B 146 MN 640 A 189 NV 350 A 232 No 180 E 275 OH 730 A 18 IN 4601 61 KS 810 A 104 MA 280 Aa 147 MN 655 A 190 NV 410 A 233 No 960 B 276 OH 760 B 19 IN 486 Aa 62 KS 830 A 105 MA 305 A 148 MN 680 A 191 NV 500 Ab 234 OH 5 A - 277 OH 800 A 20 1N 520 B 63 KS 880 B 106 MA 935 A 149 MN 725 A 192 NV 600 A 235 OH 5 B 278 OH 860 A 21 IN 520 C 64 KS 970 B 107 MI 5 A 150 MN 730 Aa 193 NV 600 Bb 236 OH 23 A 279 OH 860 B 22 IN 520 D 65 KY 150 A 108 MI 5 B 151 MN 730 C 194 NV 600 C 237 OH 25 Aa 280 OH 860 C 23 1N 530 A 66 KY 370 B 109 MI 42 A 152 MN 760 Aa 195 NV 600 H 238 OH 25 Ab 281 OH 860 D 24 IN 540 A 67 KY 640 A 110 M165 A 153 MN 760 B 196 NV 950 B 239 OH 30 A 282 OH 895 A 25 IN 605 A 68 KY 820 A 111 MI 65H 154 MN 760E 197 NH 440 A 240 OH 102 A 283 OH 917 A 26 IN 690 A 69 LA 80 A 112 MI 233 A 155 MN 760 F 198 NH 640 A 241 OH 140 A 284 OH 975 A 27 IN 690 B 70 LA 185 A 113 MI 475 A 156 MN 760 G 199 NJ 45 A 242 OH 145 A 285 OK 860 A 28 IN 690 C 71 LA 210 A 114 M1525 A 157 MN 7601 200 NJ 100 A 243 OH 160 A 286 OK 860 B 29 IN 690 D 72 LA 300 A 115 MI 530 A 158 MN 760 L 201 NJ 415 A 244 OH 165 0 287 OR 20 A 30 IN 690E 73 LA 320 8 116 MI 572 A 159 MN 760 N 202 NJ 415 B 245 OH 165E 288 OR 130 B 31 IN 703 A 74 LA 430 A 117 MI 625 A 160 MN 865 A 203 NL 415 C 246 OH 176 A 289 OR 260 A 32 IN 832 A 75 LA 490 A 118 MI 655 A 161 MN 870 A 204 NJ 715 A 247 OH 185 A 290 OR 320 A 33 IN 835 A 76 LA 600 Da 119 MI 773 A 162 MN 950 A 205 NJ 837 A 248 OH 205 A 291 OR 400 A 34 IN 920 A 77 LA 600 Db 120 MI 870 C 163 MN 950 C 206 NJ 875 A 249 OH 208 A 292 OR 475 A 35 IN 920 B 78 LA 610 A 121 MI 870E 164 MN 950E 207 NM 160 B 250 OH 230 A 293 OR 475 B 36 IA 40 A 79 LA 610 B 122 MI 870 H 165 MN 970 A 208 NY 10 A 251 OH 230 B 294 OR 500 A 37 IA 120 A 80 LA 710 B 123 M1890 A 166 MN 980 A 209 NY 35 B 252 OH 330 A 295 OR 500 B 38 IA 140 A 81 LA 750 A 124 M1953 A 167 MS 350 A 210 NY 83 A 253 OH 330 B 296 OR 520 A 39 IA 220 A 82 LA 760 A 125 MI 985 A 168 MO 325 A 211 NY 160 A 254 OH 330 C 297 OR 700 Ab 40 IA 300 A 83 LA 770 A 126 MI 990 A 169 MO 325 B 212 NY 160 B 255 OH 353 A 298 OR 780 A 41 IA 300 C 84 LA 970 B 127 MN 103 A 170 MO 365 A 213 NY 160 C 256 OH 380 A 299 PA 15 A 42 IA 300 D 85 ME 710 A 128 MN 118 A 171 MO 430 B 214 NY 235 A 257 OH 380 B 300 PA 25 A 43 IA 390 B 86 MD 30 A 129 MN 140 A 172 MO 860 B 215 NY 252 A 258 OH 385 8 301 PA 70 A

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M anagen-o : Anna 6 Bo& BuUeA 877-4699 131 East. 26th St4eet Minneapo1i5 MN 55404-4402 (612) . Larger ads Ads of up to .3 column inches in each cata9ory are free to AVA members reach the mana- or full page) must be sent co the Fare Box editor . Ads must (s, ; for next month's gers by the FIFTH of the month of issue, or they dill be held without changing , Use i ssue . DO NOT an the tame ad in corvecuttue intuen the wo'ulng . address and the 2-tette4 State abbreviation in your ad,, as well as your name, ad, or in complete 9-digit zip code, which con be foud by looking at a previous more will be combined the AVA membership roster . Submit only one ad per cata9ory, rule ielat+.ng to vtemn into one ad, or held for next month's issue . Please, only {toted in puUicatioru3 o(, the Amc4'icun Vecttwi5t Aooootatwn

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Best offer over 2.5X cata- I'm looking for any of the Games' of the XXIllrd Olym- logue plus postage : [FL] followingpeople : (1) Other piad Los Angeles 1984 . 26 380=Cn "IN' 510=Bn "MD' collectors of transit tickets, tokens in case . Like new . 60-AN ; [MN] 790-A ; [NC] )2) People who have old Would like' $30 .00. Also 1972 380-C ; [OR] 340-A . transit tickets or passes for Illinois convention token 855-A for $15 .00 . (Silver) John M . Hoffmann sale, LID pre=1930 . (3) Any- . 8334 Heron Circle one who wants to trade Also 1979 PA comvention Ooltewah TN tickets for tickets, US pre- token 750-BA )brass) for 37363-9794 1930 . (919) 468-5510 . $5.00. Also Munhall, PA 675- Dan Benice B (brass) for $1 .00 and P . 0 . Box 5708 Chapel Hill NC ' 150-A Cary NC 27512-5708 (bronze) for 750 . Elmer Car wash 'to trade: [CA) Sabol 37618 200th Street NW 445-C ; [IN] 310-A ; [MO] 9711 Am~ Warren MN 56762- 470-A ; [OH] 160-A ; 230-B, C, D ; 235-A ; 310-B ; 330-A ; [NE] 700--I, J, K, tokens in- 385-D, E, G ; 390-A ; 555-A ; cluded with 8x10 profes- [OH] 165-T, Mt .Washington 917-A ; [PA] 85-B ; 293-A ; sional photo of Omaha and transportation token for sale 335-C ; 700-A ; [WA] 480-C ; Council Bluffs Street Railway at $25 .00 . Have two . 840-D,G ; [WV] 80-A ; [WI] car #1002, from 1954 on Jerome Schaeper Jr . 155-A ; [GA] 310-A . Also - North 40th' Street in Omaha . 3466 Meadowlark Drive have 235 different PT's and $15.00 each' or 2 for $25 .00 Edgewood KY 41018-2608 a few hundred miscel- postpaid . Also for catalogue laneousio trade for PT and plus postage : [AZJ 680-C ; Book "Fwm Howsecmw to . Send IARI Ann-f1 rAI 74S-W , Sttearniinews", an illustrated car wash that I need 760-F ; 1000-Bc ; [CO] 260- history of the St.Louis Car your trade/sale lists. H-R ; [MI] 285-D, G, J ; 530- Co. 1978 book . Illustrated Irwin Reuben S ; [MO] 140-E ; [NEJ 500-C ; with many pictures and full 1319 Epworth Avenue [NJ]570-A-C ; [NY] 230-F ; job roster from 1898-1972 . Dayton OH 45410-2615 630-AO, AT, BE ; (OH] 560- Excellent condition with I have modern to SOFSPRA Ba, Bb ; 605-B, . C ; 730-G, dust-cover . $25.00 includes car wash for sale, or trade, H ; 780-B, C ; [OR] 700-AA ; postage. for similar that I need . Send [PA] 750-BD ; [ON] 900-A . Herbert Weiss SASE or your lists for mine . Arnold Cirian 247 Parragut Road Al Kohlhardt 2305 So . 35th Ave . No . Plainfield NJ P . 0 . Box 2649 Omaha NE 68105-3133 07062-2341 Sunnyvale CA 94087-0649 (Ads continued o n next page)

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-PAGE 18- -February 2003- Al 9=1 _11n TI-IM" 100 m xed transit tokens Trade my parking, car wash, I would like photocopies or $15.00 . 50 different transit amusement/arcade, & "good- better still to borriow nega tokens $20 .00 . All postpaid . fors" for transportation to- tivesof AVA group pt ptos James Vander Helm kens . Send your TT list for taken in front of the 18618 Birch Avenue my list(s) . "Memphis Bell" B17 Bomber Akron IA 51001-8827 John Ciecka taken during the 1998 con- 1540 Society Hill Dr . vention . Will return nega- Still have some [CA] 295-A Bensalem PA 19020-3689 tives and/or expenses . "Karts-N-Golf", catalogue William J . Boncek value $6 .00 . Sell for $1 .00 Need "Albury's Ferry Ser- 5208 Sydney street each plus postage . Multiples . vice" tokens (orange & Port Orange FL OK while supply lasts . pink), have (red, black, 32127-5333 Al Kohlhardt brown and green) for trade . P . 0 . Box 2649 See Sept . 2001' 'FAre Box, Paying full catalogue for all Sunnyvale CA page 89 . Sioux City IA transit tokens. Write with offers . 94087-0649 Al Kohlhardt P. 0 Box=2649 James Vander Helm 18618 Birch Avenue At 2X catalogue plus pos- Sunnyvale CA Akron IA'51001-8827 tage: [AZ] 375-C ; [CA] 450- 94087-0649 BM ; 560-H, I ; 705-D ; 712-C, [CA] 50-B; 630-D ; 640-A ; D ; [NC] 360-D ; [ND] 960-A - l 4 715-S,Y ; 140-C ; 280-B ; [NY] 160-E ; 630-BM; [OR] ; 460- Will buy or trade for therse 34,0-C ; 440--B,C,E 240-M, N, 0 ; [PA] 230-B, C - A,B,D; 640-A,B; 690-B ; PT's: [CAI 3015-A, D, E 615-N ; 293-A, B, C ; [TX] ; 760-G ; 860-D,E ; [FL] 880- 360-G ; [VA] 190-C ; 985-G, 3025-A, B ; 3210-A ; 3383- 7 ; [NE] 660-A; 820-A ; [NM] Aa, H ; [WA] 140-A ; 940-A; [WV] Ab ; 3450--J, T, AO, 430-A ; 760-B,C,D; [OK] 70- 140-B ; 590-B ; 790-A ; (WY] AQa, AQb, AW, AY, BA, BC, C ; 330-E,F; 510-A ; 590-B ; chuckb@vh 120-G . .net BD, BE ; 3500-Ab ; 3505-A ; 610-C ; 700-C ; 770-A,B,C ; Chuck Benjamin 3658-A ; 3708-A ; 3715-A ; 800-E ; 810-A,B; 860-S ; 42 Kingwood Drive 3740--A ; 3775-C, D, Fa, [WY] 100-M,N ; 120-C,E. ., Poughkeepsie WY Fb, Fc, G, H, I 3845-Ab, Must be in good condition . 12601-5405 B ; [TX] 3255=1,., (3, I, O,R, Call or writer . (970) 635- W, X, ACb, AD thfu AH, AJ 9415 . thru AOn "WV' 3590=A . Irwin Reuben Ron Shearer 503 SW 42nd Street 1319 Epworth Avenue Loveland CO 80537-7523 Dayton OH 45410=2615

REINSTATEMENTS TO MEMBERSHIP 2951 Arthur B . Bober - 7531 Lauden Drive - Lake Worth, Florida 33467-7803 822 Henry C . Reidling - 8847 Liptonshire Drive - Dallas, Texas 75238-3641

CHANGE OF ADDRESS 2883 Terry L . Capps - 165 N . Canal St., Apt . 1316 - Chicago, IL 60606-1405 1377 Anthony D . Vanier - 702 River Crest St . - Leander, Texas 78641

RESIGNATION FROM MEMBERSHIP 2414 Victor Zilaitis

Just reported to us is a 29mm blue plastic token from Cheyenne, WY, similar to WY 120 L, except this one has (on both sides) : "Cheyenne Transit Program Token / CPT (logo)" . We're working on getting a supply for the N .I .S . Karl Gabsch has also just discovered something like 6 more varieties of tokens from Cortland, NY . Once we get them figured out we'll ask Joe Radomski to get over there and secure supplies for it, if he can get away . free download from: www.vecturist.com

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VOLUME 57, NUMBER 3 MARCH 2003 OUR 669th ISSUE WILLIAM C . BRIDGE

I regret to have to report the death, last IJear on March 24, 2002, of William t . Bridge of LafaBette, Indiana . He joined us in April, 1991, when he was 73 gears ald and al- ready retired . I did not know him, hut I shall miss him, as we all shall .

April 5 . Last month we ran the announcement for the AVA Annual Convention, to be held August 7-10 at Adam's Mark Hotel in Buffalo . At the time we neglected . . to mention the registration fee . This year's Registration Fee, which is actually sub- sidized by the Convention Fund, will be only $65 .00 if paid by June 30 . After that it will be $80 . Send your registration fee to Convention Chairman Joel J . Reznick at P .O . Box 116 - Wheeling, IL 60090-0116 . I received a letter from the granddaughter of former AVA member the late L .A . Hensley of Omaha . She sent me some of his old papers, and included were two re- ceipts, one confirming that "120 pounds Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric streetcar tokens" and "63 pounds miscellaneous punchings, slugs, trade chips, etc ." had been melted that day, August 22, 1958 . The other, from a smelter-refiner, confirms "that 900 lbs . of Tri-City Railway Company and Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co . streetcar tokens were melted by us in the presence of L .A . Hensley until destroyed ." Interesting . Bob Phipps reports a token recently on Ebay, a 28mm scallopped brass token inscribed on obverse "HAVANA/BRIDGE" and on reverse "RETURN CHECK" . The seller said it was used on a bridge across the Illinois River at Havana, IL . We need a rubbing to list it and I'd also like some confirmation of the location . Last month I published a list of AVA members who not, up to then, paid their 2003 annual dues . I mailed a letter to each person on the list, and am gratified to report that quite a few of them have since sent in their dues . Welcome back! The 7-year supplement to the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue has arrived . See announcement inside this issue . Also inside this issue is a report on the Scroggins tokens and auction that I ran last month . The auction prices realized were stratospheric, and the fixed-price tokens went fast . It was all lively and fun . As of May 5, 2003, all New York City subway tokens are obsolete . The fare is $2 .00 cash . Bridge tolls also went up . The Verrazano Bridge toll is now $8 .00 .

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HACK OPERATORS OF DECATUR, INDIANA By Bob Phipps

Some time ago, a pair of baggage tags came my way. Both were inscribed, "S . MAJOR / FEED / and / LIVERY / No 36 / Decatur, / Ind ." I checked my catalogue and found that S . Major was not listed . It occurred to me that if he had metallic baggage tags perhaps he used metallic hack tokens also. On a recent trip to Northern Ohio, I detoured for two days to Decatur, Indiana . Here are the results :

Joseph Marion Rice was the issuer of IN 220 A . He was born on February 2, 1849 . A 1979 history of Decatur lists him as a livery operator in 1890 . He is listed in the 1908 directory as a farmer with address at 812 North 2"d Street, Decatur, Indiana . A farm journal lists him as a grocer in 1916 . He married Phoebe Schirmeyer August 13, 1875 . He died July 26, 1917 at ar 68 . His widow was still living in October 1927 although she had moved to 304 North 4 Street . No administration of his estate was found . No names of children were seen .

Herman Max Romberg was the issuer of IN 220 B . He was born June 22, 1859 . His wife is Marea Catherine Weber. They were married September 16, 1886 . At that time John Weber, Jr. owned the Weber Livery Stable . After the marriage it was known as the Weber & Romberg Livery Stable . The children of Max and Marea Catherine were Herman, Max, Matilda, Columbus, Germania, Athelstan, and Arminius .

The H. M. Romburg stable at 237 N . 2nd Street was completely destroyed by fire on November 11, 1890. About a dozen surreys, carriages and buggies were destroyed . The hearses of L . Yager and Woodward & Auten were also destroyed. The Romberg hack tokens were probably destroyed in this fire .

In 1893, Romberg & Hart's Livery was listed along with Hoosier Livery & Feed Stable with H. M. Romberg as proprietor. I understand the Romberg token that was found was bent and in pretty bad shape . I wonder if the R & B Bus and Baggage on the token is actually R and H Bus and Baggage .

Max Romberg is listed in the 1908 directory as a laborer with address at 822 Monroe Street . Other records indicate that Max Romberg moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana . He is shown as a visitor to Decatur from Fort Wayne for "Old Home Week" in 1912 . He died December 6, 1918 at age 59 . No probate file was found for him in Adams County . If his estate was administered, it is probably located in Fort Wayne.

Sherman Major was born in 1882 . He married Ida Niblick February 2, 1911 . He died at age 30 on August 3, 1912 . His widow married Bert Morriman on August 22, 1914 . There was an administration of the Estate of Sherman Major . The inventory had 63 entries on 3 pages and included two rubber tired buggies with one being painted red and the other yellow, one steel tired buggy painted red, a two-seated laporte, a delivery

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wagon, an old carriage, five sets of single harness and one double harness, five boars (horses) named Dick, Dan, Jim, Billy, and Frank, 11 buggy whips, seven buggy dusters, five buggy roabs (robes), three storm roabs (robes), a buggy jack, and other small items such as a rat trap, sleigh bells, and a kerry (curry) comb . Total value of the estate was $603 .83 . Unfortunately, no baggage tags and no tokens were listed . Since baggage tags are sold by the gross, there should have been 144 pairs of baggage tags listed .

There were other livery stable operators in Decatur. In fact, Max Romberg had to compete with three other operators : Ed Bultemyer on E . Jefferson, Lew Holthouse at the corner of 2 nd and Jackson, and Henry Rodenbeck on I" Street . I wonder what the inventories of their estates might show .

In two days I managed to check records in the Decatur Public Library, the Adams County Clerks Office, the Adams County Recorders Office, and believe it or not, the County Jail . The County ran out of space for storing old probate files and now use the basement at the county jail for storage. I had the get the proper reference for the Sherman Major Estate at the County Clerks office then go to the county jail, get buzzed in at the door, then escorted by a deputy to the basement where between me and the deputy we managed to find the file in one of the hundreds of narrow steel boxes which each hold about 10 records.

I left many avenues unchecked due to lack of time . One thing I should have checked was the newspaper obituaries at the public library . They are stored on microfilm and since I had the dates of death they should not have been too difficult to find and copy . The kind of record check I did in Decatur is always slow to develop due to unfamiliarity with the records and their locations. The deed indices and records were especially difficult due to the atrocious penmanship of the two deputy recorders who wrote the entries and hand copied the deeds between 1880 and 1920 . Nothing especially useful was found in the deed records. Both Joseph Rice and Sherman Major were grantors and grantees in several instruments but Max Romberg did not show . He probably acquired and passed on his property by inheritance. I was hopeful of finding affidavits of heirship in the deed records since they are sometimes used in lieu of an administration of an estate but no such luck.

I didn't find any tokens in Decatur although I visited all but two of the antique stores and malls. Two of the antique stores never opened while I was there . I still think that a Sherman Major hack token may one day appear .

References

Biographical & Historical Record of Adams and Wells Counties, Ind., 1887 Directory of Adams County, Indiana, M & K Directory Co ., Portland, Ind ., 1908 Luedders' Historical and Pictorial City Directory of Decatur, Ind ., Oct 1927 The 1979 History of Adams County, Indiana, by Adams County Historical Society, 1980 Farm Journal Directory of Adams County, Ind ., 1916 Death Index of Adams County, Indiana Marriage Index of Adams County, Indiana Deed Records of Adams County, Indiana Estate of Sherman Major, Adams County, Indiana Probate Cause #1282

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-Page 22- -March 2003- MARCH SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford

CALIFORNIA Roseville 712 (Reported by Bill Sowell) ROSEVILLE/TRANSIT/VALID ON FIXED ROUTE ONLY . EXPIRES 12/31/02 . E o Wr 39 Sd Worth the Ride ./Roseville Transit/(rose) $1 .00

FLORIDA Sarasota 840 (Reported by Joe Radomski) SARASOTA/TROLLEY H o We 38 Sd Good/For One/Free/Ride .25

MICHIGAN Lincoln Park 573 (Reported by John Coffee) LINCOLN/PARK/PUBLIC/TRANSPORTATION/HM A B 25 Sd God Guides Us Through Wisdom Justice and Faith/ The City of Lincoln Park/Est . 1925 (city seal)(* 1998) 2 .50

Taylor 918 (Reported by John Coffee) TAYLOR /TRANSPORTATION /CAB/ HM A Bz 25 Sd Taylor/Made For You/(city logo) 4 .00

NORTHCAROLINA Hendersonville 430 (Reported by Fred Sader) APPLE COUNTRY PUBLIC/TRANSIT A Pr 29 Sd (same as obverse) (white inscription) (1,000 issued) (* 12/02)

OHIO Mansfield 505 (Reported by Mark Hertzler) RICHLAND/CARROUSEL PARK/MANSFIELD, OHIO/ GOOD FOR ONE RIDE 0 Bz 25 Sd 2003 (head of horse) (reeded edge) .50

OKLAHOMA Apache 45 (ex Unidentified 118 & 247 ; location verified by Shane Cornell) J .A . HAYS/LIVERY/&/TRANSFER A o B 29 Sd 12} (Sc-cloverleaf) 100 .00 J .A . HAYS/LIVERYMAN B o B 29 Sd 121 (Sc) 100 .00

WYOMING Cheyenne 120 (Reported by Ron Shearer) CHEYENNE TRANSIT PROGRAM TOKEN/CPT/(ARROW) R Pb 29 Sd (same as obverse) (black inscription) (10,000 issued) (* 10/02) .50

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD The Roseville, CA, woodnik has been in use for over two years, well into 2003 . It was retired this spring and the local authority informs Bill Sowell this will be their last issue . It seems these woodniks were distributed by merchants . Due to the extended use of 712 E, the local authority lacks a sufficient supply for all NIS folks .

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-March 2003- -Page 23- Joe Radomski discovered the now obsolete Sarasota, CL, woodnik while on a recent trip south and obtained a supply for our NIS . The manager of the local authority could not remember exactly when this one was used . The Lincoln Park, MI, listing was mentioned by our Editor last month . It is a subsidized senior issue . Eligible seniors are allowed to purchase a maximum of 40 tokens a month to travel locally . Zone 1 takes 2 tokens one way ; zone 2 three tokens ; zone 3 four tokens . The NIS will not handle this one . Downriver Cab provides taxi service for Taylor, MI, seniors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and only accepts tokens as payment for services . Tokens are sold at a senior center for $4 .00 each . One token is worth a one-way trip anywhere with- in the City of Taylor . The NIS will not handle this one . Hendersonville, NC 430 A is a general use token with a fare value of 50C . There are no discount fares for seniors or handicapped . Fred Sader obtained a supply for the NIS . The Mansfield, OH, Richland Carrousel Park 2003 listing is the latest issue of a continuing series . Local AVA member Mark Hertzler obtained a supply for the NIS . Shane Cornell located the town where Unidentified 118 and 247 were used, in the Young & Company Business & Professional Directory for Cities and Towns of Ok- lahoma (1911-1912 edition) . J .A . Hays Livery was listed from Apache, Oklahoma . The New Cheyenne, WY, token will be handled by the NIS . The regular fare is $1 .00, hence I doubt if this is a special use token .

NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER YOUR 7-YEAR CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENT The seven-year supplement booklet to the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue has arrived . This is a 110-page booklet, similar in format to the previous ones . It includes all reports of new issues & discoveries from Fare Box Supplements from January 1996 thru and including December 2002 . For the first time this one also includes price revisions that were mentioned in issues of The Fare Box . And of course it includes a complete Token Identifier so that you can discover the correct city and state of any token . This alone is worth the cost of the book . Last year we printed 200 copies and they sold out in a month . This year we printed 250 copies . We are able to keep the price low because we found an inexpen- sive printer up in Vermont, and all labor on the book is voluntary . To order the Seven-Year Supplement send $6 .00 directly to the Editor in Boston, and make the check payable to "American Vecturist Association ." The $6 price includes $1 .29 for First Class Postage .

THE LINCOLN . PARK, MI, SENIOR TAXI . TOKEN

To the left and right are 150% enlarged photos if MI 573 A, listed this month . I went through quite a lot to obtain two of them . My request had to be approved by the Transit Director and then .okeyed by their legal department . So this one won't be easy to come by . Not many transportation tokens make references to the Deity . This one does, which to my way of thinking makes it unusually desirable .

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-Page 24- -March 2003- SUPPLEMENT #20 TO CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICA BY HAROLD V : FORD Second Edition ARIZONA Phoenix 640 32nd STREET CARWASE AC Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Satisfaction guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back hh =5p SPLASH 'N DASH CARWASHES (CARTOON AUTO) AD Bz 25 Sd Good For One Self Service Cycle No Cash Value One 1 hm .50.

CALIFORNIA Concord 175 KWIK-N-EASY CAR WASH 1305 GALINDO ST, CONCORD, CA C Bz 29 Sd Non Refundable No Cash Value One I hm 1 .00

Escondido 270 (ex Unid 443) TURTLES CAR WASH TOKEN (TURTLE) C Bz 25 Sd No Cash Value hh 3 .00

Inglewood 395 ECONO-WASH CARWASH 113th-PRAIRIE E Bz 25 Sd (cartoon auto facing left)(stars) hm .50

Norco 562 NORCO CAR & TRUCK WASH rwm (HEAD OF BANDIT) E Bz 29 Sd 2176 Hamner Ave . Norco, Ca No Cash Value 2003 (horseshoe) 1 .50

DELAWARE Newark 650 ELKTON-NEWARK (ACROSS SIDE OF CAR) TOUCH FREE CARWASH N . BRIDGE STREET-ELKTON, MD EL7 RN ROAD-NEWARK, DE B Bz 27 Sd . Good,For .One Dollar .in .Trade 1-. hm 1 .00 FLORIDA Cocoa 120 CLEARLAKE CAR WASH COCOA, FL A Bz 25 Sd Good .For.One Dollar .in .Trade t-ooo hh 1 .00

GEORGIA Jasper 505 (ex Unid 197) PICKENS CAR WASH rwm A Bz 25 St-sc Carwash Token 1 .00

IDAHO Boise 100 GATEWAY CHEVRON 2581 BROADWAY BOISE, IDAHO CHEVRON (LOGO) H Bz 25 Sd No Cash Value rwm 3 .00

NEBRASKA Beatrice 120 LESEBERG CAR WASH BEATRICE, NE $1---°° 1C WM 25 Sd Car Wash Token No Cash Value $1_-o°a (15mm brass center) (reeded edge) 1 .00 DICK'S GAS & WASH BEATRICE, NEBR .-FAIRBURY, NEBR . B Py 38 Sd Car Wash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value (red printing) 1 .00

Hampton 435 TDLC CAR WASH TOKEN HAMPTON, NE hm A Bz 25 Sd (cartoon auto facing left)(stars) hm .50

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FLORIDA Winter Haven 985 (ex Unid 498) RON'S CAR WASH (TWO CHECKERED FLAGS) C Bz 25 Sd Wash Token No Cash Value 25 hm .50

IOWA Spencer 860 (ex Unid 541) SPLASH N SPARKLE AUTO BATH twin A WM 23 Sd Carwash Token rwm (antique car) 6 .00

MASSACHUSETTS Salem 690 HMA . CAR CARE SYSTEMS hh 744-7155 72 NORTH STREET SALEM,MA . D Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car) .50 HMA. THE FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOUR CAR COMPANY GOOD CLEAN FUN SINCE 1964 978-744-4444 NO CASH VALUE CAR WASH BAYS ONLY E Bz 29 Sd Good .For .One Dollar .in .Trade 1°O hh 1 .00

MISSOURI California 110 CAL'S CAR WASH 601 W, BUCHANAN CALIFORNIA,MO A B 27 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) 3 .50

NEW YORK Newark 610 KLEEN KAR AUTO WASH NEWARK, NY rwm (BRUSH WASHING CARTOON AUTO) B B 23 Sd No Cash Value rwm 2 .50

VERMONT Swanton 820 SWANTON CAR WASH SWANTON, VT A B 23 Sd Carwash Token rwm (convertible car) 2 .50

TOKEN MANUFACTURERS STOCK TOKEN Group 91 CARWASH TOKEN NON REFUNDABLE NO CASH VALUE hm A Bz 29 Sd No Cash Value hm B B 27 Sd hm (eagle on emblem over wreath) (WM-plated)

Group 100 CARWASH TOKEN SATISFACTION GUARANT P OR DOUBLE YOUR DIRT BACK hh J Bz 29 Sd No Cash Value hh

Group 250 CARWASH TOKEN NO CASH VALUE,NO REFUNDS $1 00 A B 27 Sd Ficha de Lavacoches Sin Valor $Y°=o (16mm WM center) (reeded edge)

Additions & Corrections Unid . 428 obv . add rwm 433 obv s/b WASH, not QASH 457 delete, recently relisted as FL 605 A 486 delete, previously listed as UNID 438 504 obv . s/b THE GM GUY CAR WASH 519 obv. s/b HOT TRACKS CAR WASHES (AUTO)

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-Page 26- -March 2003- = SUPPLEMENT # JVP-49 TO THE FIFTH EDITION = ************************************** ** MONTANA BILLINGS-3080 (Reported by V & R Nolan) PARKING TOKEN / STAR OF THE . BIG SKY COUNTRY / BILLINGS / MONTANA / NO CASH VALUE / RWM (building scene) Bz 23 Sd Lewis & Clark Bicentennial / 2003-2006 / W Clark / July 25, 1806 / Pompeys Pillar 1 .00

UTAH SALT LAKE CITY-3750 SALT LAKE CITY / .UTAH / P / P (incuse) / 2002 / NOT LEGAL TENDER (Bus, Trolley, Parking Meter)(WM pltd) I B 23 Sd Downtown / Parking / SLC / Transit / Token 1 .00

CANADA NEW BRUNSWICK-3300 FREDERICTON / DOWNTOWN / BUSINESS / NETWORK (buildings) E B 22 Sd Parking / Token / LM 1 .50

ENGLAND (Reported by R Nolan) ENGLPTMS-3053 (AS B) E B 29 Sd (blank) 1 .50

ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS = *********************** Change : OH-3920 (WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS) to 3916

PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY JOE PERNICANO = ************************************ Billings, MT has issued a new commerative parking token . An uncirculated token can be obtained by writing : DOWNTOWN BILLINGS ASSOC . 2906 3rd Ave North Billings MT 59101, ATTN : TOKEN 2003 . Enclose one dollar + a SASE . Salt Lake City has instituted a program where downtown businesses rewards you with a token suitable for parking or a one way fare bus ride . Tokens are good for one dollar off a parking garage fee, or one hour at a downtown meter . A new issue from Fredericton, New Brunswick . This token was mentioned in the December issue of TFB . Another larger sized ENGLPTMS has surfaced!! Bob Schopp has reported an interesting item :

CC / EVENING / ONLY (WM pltd) 25 Sd No / Cash / Value

Might be a community college parking token . Anyone recognize? FEISELS FIFTH EDITION is available from me at $25 postpaid book rate . I will also include copies of newly listed tokens with FARE BOX supplement references . J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROOMALL, PA 19008 =

PRICES REALIZED FROM THE SCROGGINS SALE It was almost a feeding frenzy for the fixed-price tokens! I was very quickly sold out of everything except the WI 700 D and 790 A. I still have a few of these left if you would like to order one ($1 for 700 D, and $15 for 790 A) . The 790 A's that remain have some spots of dirt on them but very likely would clean up easily . In the auction, prices were high . But first of all, I must apologize for making an error in listing WI 510 A . That token was never in the collection . It should have been WI 510 C (the horsecar token) . So if you'd like to bid on 510 C,, send your bid to the Editor in Boston by May 2 . Top two bids will take the two tokens . Of the others, prices realized were : 510 G - $110 . 510 J - $110 . 530 C - $343 .33 . And 640 A - $290 . 700 C - $200 . 930 A - $341 . 930 B - $375 . . Where possible prices were reduced to 10% above the 2nd high bid . So the top price in the auction, $375, was for a plain Meyer & Wenthe type token!

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Prices Realized From The Fourth WD . Sacks Token Auction

1 7.80 50 13.65 99 0.60 148 11 .00 197 2.98 246 7.00 295 2.25 2 7.60 51 16.50 100 4.05 149 No Bid 198 2.50 247 1 .10 298 2.25 3 3.00 52 35.20 101 NoBid 150 No Bid 199 3.10 248 1 .90 297 Withdraw 4 33.00 63 75.79 102 4.60 151 12.00 200 3.10 249 1 .10 298 110.80 5 2.60 64 119.24 103 6.30 152 23 .65 201 2.50 250 1 .25 289 82 .00 6 2.10 55 54.20 104 5.66 153 No Bid 202 2.50 251 1 .50 300 5.00 7 32.76 56 47.55 105 5.06 164 128.75 203 3.10 252 2.10 a 1 .80 57 11 .50 106 6.60 156 No Bit 204 3.10 253 2.50 9 3.41 68 232 .10 107 8.68 156 45.65 206 2.00 264 2 .75 10 9.35 59 17.88 108 5.56 167 410 .00 206 1 .60 265 3.00 11 7.21 60 7.46 109 6.60 158 1 .50 207 1 .50 256 3.00 12 4.05 B1 9.35 110 1 .35 159 1 .00 208 2.64 257 4.75 13 8.94 62 2.00 111 1 .90 160 No Bw 209 8.93 258 No Bid 14 5.00 63 2.00 112 30.00 161 No Bid 210 6.30 259 3.10 16 3.50 64 1 .40 113 8.25 162 No Bid 211 33.83 260 3.10 16 3.05 66 2.98 114 6.16 163 123.20 212 23.55 261 3.10 17 75.00 66 13.02 115 11.83 164 36.50 213 6.85 262 23.65 18 10.34 67 59.62 116 4.06 165 59.18 214 4.40 263 0.75 19 6.01 68 5.50 117 47.58 166 8.80 215 13.31 264 No Bid 20 2.50 B9 5.23 118 128.70 167 No Bid 216 7.70 265 No Bid 21 3.00 70 2.00 119 3.10 168 No Bid 217 1 .65 266 No Bid 22 4.05 71 2.03 120 120 189 2.71 218 97.00 267 1 .10 23 221.10 72 No Bid 121 8.94 170 2.80 219 78.10 268 2.25 24 8.88 73 31 .35 122 No Bid 171 2.76 220 18.08 269 3.00 25 2.20 74 3.75 123 No Bid 172 12.65 221 5.78 270 4.40 26 2.25 75 2.98 124 12.10 173 37.27 222 No Bid 271 11.00 27 1 .25 76 8.00 125 6.60 174 56.38 223 6.95 272 22 .00 28 100.43 77 6.60 126 4.06 175 125 224 3.75 273 2.00 29 7.15 78 12.10 127 3.90 176 3.75 226 2.88 274 2.00 30 4.00 79 12.65 128 No Bid 177 6.00 226 1 .55 275 2.00 31 7.15 80 7.98 129 148.50 178 20.00 227 2.60 276 1 .65 32 7.46 81 59.62 130 149.05 179 No Bid 228 2.00 277 3.00 33 628 82 6.99 131 162.60 180 2.00 229 1 .50 278 3.00 34 6.05 83 1 .30 132 253.39 181 5.00 230 271 279 2.37 35 7.48 84 6.60 133 No Bid 182 3 .00 231 2 .60 280 11 .61 36 7.48 86 8.00 134 No Bid 183 No Bid 232 1 .50 281 11 .72 37 0.75 86 4.06 135 11 .00 184 No aid 233 2Ad 282 13.83 38 No Bid 87 42.68 136 No Bid 185 6.90 234 2.85 283 25.30 39 3.00 88 No Bid 137 11.00 186 0.76 235 2.85 284 7.15 40 6.96 89 No Bid 138 11.00 187 326 236 2.00 286 50.00 41 2.30 90 4.00 139 No Bid 188 2.00 237 2.75 286 6.23 42 2.30 91 14.36 140 11.00 189 No Bid 238 2.76 287 8.60 43 3421 92 4.55 141 No Bid 190 155.00 239 2.86 288 4.05 44 37.50 93 5.60 142 11 .00 191 174A0 240 2.75 289 5.23 45 59.62 94 No Bid 143 11 .00 192 2.71 241 3.07 290 4.05 46 139.50 95 250 144 11 .00 193 2.71 242 No Bid 291 2.86 47 60.50 96 2.71 145 No Bid 194 275 243 No Bid 292 2.16 48 46.20 97 1 .25 146 11.00 196 2.50 244 6.19 293 14.03 49 11924 98 4.06 147 11.00 196 2.50 245 No Bid 294 4.05

[see page 72 of the June 2002 issue for list of lots]

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Prices Realized From The Sixth WD . Sacks Token Auction

1 3.60 52 4.33 103 2.60 154 5.00 205 137.56 256 6.93 2 2.50 63 40.93 104 4.05 155 200 206 154.00 257 15.00 3 2.10 54 55.00 105 2.00 156 2.25 207 24.21 258 6.60 4 33 .28 55 13.01 106 62 .55 157 200 208 4.33 259 425 5 26 .46 56 6252 107 52.50 158 1.71 209 4.33 260 7.15 6 4.68 57 27.10 108 204 .49 159 4.04 210 4.33 261 4.26 7 4.13 58 14.30 109 1.65 160 1.40 211 4.33 262 2.00 8 6.88 59 18.10 110 6.88 161 6.96 212 9.63 263 2.30 9 8.65 60 1.80 111 18.76 162 225 213 11.80 264 1 .40 10 3.80 61 5.00 112 770 .00 163 3.30 214 3.25 265 2.40 11 1.75 62 3.30 113 600.00 164 121 .88 215 3.30 266 2.40 12 2.90 63 2.36 114 9.85 165 20.77 216 9.68 267 2A0 13 1.05 64 330.00 115 8.69 166 Error 217 265 288 2A0 14 1.05 65 128.10 116 3.50 167 18.70 218 1.60 269 4.62 15 1.05 66 4.50 117 47.01 168 4.67 219 3.25 270 No Bid 16 1.05 67 22A1 118 2.25 169 7.87 220 625 271 3.10 17 1.05 68 28.60 119 1 .05 170 2.36 221 5.25 272 3.10 18 1.05 69 26.24 120 7.45 171 2.36 222 3.56 273 11.83 19 2.00 70 1.00 121 8.53 172 3.81 223 5.72 274 23.60 20 8.53 71 157.30 122 80.30 173 3.63 224 2.60 275 69.30 21 11.00 72 367.00 123 18.70 174 242 225 3.60 276 2321 22 3.70 73 176.00 124 12.99 1T5 2.60 226 356 277 2.70 23 4.80 74 1.50 125 No Bid 176 32.60 227 9.25 278 13 .93 24 528 75 2.40 126 3.05 177 4.13 228 12.98 279 8.25 25 8.18 76 3.10 127 1.00 178 500 229 6.33 280 3.10 26 6292 77 62.92 125 1.00 179 11.01 230 14.80 281 14A0 27 4.10 78 5.78 129 8.75 180 2.00 231 3.06 282 18.70 28 3.75 79 3.30 130 refused 181 7.76 232 No Bid 283 7.10 29 2.20 80 4.25 131 16.50 182 6.25 233 5.00 284 1.65 30 200 81 2.35 132 4.60 163 5.00 234 4.00 285 2.00 31 220 82 14.56 133 3.90 184 2A6 235 4.90 286 4.10 32 2.00 83 21A5 134 2.10 185 No Bid 236 6.00 287 4.10 33 9.90 84 12.99 135 528 186 33.55 237 3.10 298 16.50 34 2.00 85 4.26 136 4.50 187 28.12 238 2.00 289 15.40 35 2.00 86 2.25 137 1.58 188 11.28 239 2.00 290 1.35 36 4.00 87 11 .01 138 1.43 189 10.01 240 11.10 291 No Bid 37 7.25 88 8.91 139 5A0 190 218.08 241 5.61 292 2.00 38 125.84 89 1.50 140 5.72 191 86.51 242 9A8 293 2.00 39 78 .00 90 283.80 141 .11 .01 192 120.00 243 9.08 294 2.44 40 13.20 91 44.00 142 275 193 Error 244 9.08 295 2.00 41 4.33 92 No Bid 143 2.25 194 8.85 245 15.62 296 6.00 42 4.33 93 8.80 141 210 195 No Bid 246 7.98 297 1.60 43 14.31 94 No Bid 145 2.25 196 2.90 247 3.10 298 3.10 44 23.60 95 1.80 146 4.50 197 2A0 248 3.91 299 270 45 26.00 96 2.05 147 1.15 198 9.35 249 4.94 300 3.10 46 2.53 97 3.20 148 3.10 199 2.25 250 8.53 47 2.20 98 14.58 148 8.00 200 3.58 261 3.30 48 10.88 99 22 .00 150 3.66 201 2.90 252 5.01 49 7.10 100 6.71 151 3.20 202 6.38 253 6.11 50 2.36 101 7.92 152 7.81 203 14.30 254 15.55 61 200 102 34.00 153 5.30 204 2.90 255 6.93

[see page 140 of the December issue for list of lots]

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-March 2003- -Page 29- Prices Realized for the 2nd Auction of CWT,s from the Mike Super Collection Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot I IN 30 Aa 61 KS 810 A $3.00 121 MI 870 E $2.65 181 NE 540 F 241 OH 140 A $14.05 2 IN 30 Ab 62 KS 830 A $2.25 122 MI 870 H $2.65 182 NE 675 A 242 OH 145 A $765 3 IN 210 A 63 KS 880 B $1.75 123 MI 890 A $2.25 183 NE 700 B 243 OH 160 A $1 .40 4 IN 223 A $8.00 64 KS 970 B $1 .75 124 MI 953 A $8.00 184 NE 700 C $2.26 244 OH 165 D 5 IN 260 A $8.85 65 KY 150 A $7.50 125 MI 985 A $1.75 185 NE 700 E $3.15 245 OH 165 E $1 .10 6 IN 260 B Error 66 KY 370 B $10.00 126 MI 990 A $5.25 186 NV 125 A 246 OH 176 A $2.50 7 IN 290 A $5.50 67 KY 640 A $2.00 127 MN 103 A $9.00 187 NV 190 A 247 OH 185 A $8.00 8 IN 310 A $4.10 68 KY 820 A $12.05 128 MN 118 A $8.50 188 NV 200 Ab $7.75 248 OH 205 A $1 .00 9 IN 384 A $3.00 69 LA 80 A $2.00 129 MN 140 A $2.25 189 NV 350 A $3.01 249 OH 208 A $8.00 10 IN 390 Eb $5.50 70 LA 185 A $7.85 130 MN 148 A $8.25 190 NV 410 A $7.75 250 OH 230 A $1 .00 11 IN 39O F $2.25 71 LA 210 A $7.85 131 MN 215 A $2.15 191 NV 500 Ab $6.00 251 OH 230 B $1.00 12 IN 390 G $6.50 72 LA 300 A 132 MN 305 A 192 NV 600 A $8.01 252 OH 330 A $1.00 13 IN 410 A $6.50 73 LA 320 B $7.25 133 MN 307 A $12.00 193 NV 600 Bb $8.27 253 OH 33013 $1.25 14 IN 410 B $6.50 74 LA 430 A $1 .00 134 MN 400 A $5.10 194 NV 600 C $7.77 254 OH 330 C $1.00 15 IN 410 Ca 75 LA 490 A 135 MN 403 A $2.15 195 NV 600 H $4.01 255 OH 353 A $7.25 16 IN 410 Cb 76 LA 600 Da $1 .65 136 MN 405 A $8.00 196 NV 950 B $20.00 256 OH 380 A $10.00 17 IN 430 A 77 LA 600 Db $1 .00 137 MN 430 A $6.00 197 NH 440 A $1.00 257 OH 380 B 18 IN 460 1 . 78 LA 610 A 138 MN 445 B $2.00 198 NH 640 A $1 .00 258 OH 385 B 19 IN 480 Am $6.50 79 LA 610 B 139 MN 510 A $8.00 199 NJ 45 A $4.99 259 OH 385 C $1 .25 20 IN 520 B $9.10 80 LA 710 B $1.00 140 MN 5401 Error 200 NJ 100 A $3.99 260 OH 390 A $1.75 21 IN 520 C 81 LA 750 A $13.50 141 MN 540 K 201 NJ 415 A $1.05 261 OH 445 A 22 IN 520 D 82 LA 760 A $1 .05 142 MN 552 A $5.80 202 NJ 415 B $1.05 262 OH 445 B $4.50 23 IN 530 A $1 .50 83 LA 770 A $8.00 143 MN 565 A $8.00 203 NJ 415 C $1.05 263 OH 487 A $1.90 24 IN 540 A 84 LA 970 B 144 MN 595 A $8.00 204 NJ 715 A $7.00 264 OH 505 A 25 IN 605 A $9.20 85 ME 710 A $11 .25 145 MN 610 A $1.05 205 NJ 837 A $7.75 265 OH 505 B $3.25 26 IN 690 A 86 MD 30 A 146 MN 640 A $8.00 206 NJ 875 A Error 266 OH 505 C $1 .85 27 IN 690 B 87 MD 60 Gb $3.25 147 MN 655 A 207 NM 160 B $6.75 267 OH 568 A $5.00 28 IN 690 C 88 MD 60 K $5.10 148 MN 680 A $8.00 208 NY 10 A 268 OH 568 B 29 IN 690 D 89 MD 60 L $5.25 149 MN 725 A $8.00 209 NY 35 B $13.75 269 OH 570 A $8.00 30 IN 690 E 90 MD 60 M $1 .05 150 MN 730 Aa 210 NY 83 A $7.25 270 OH 578 A $11 .00 31 IN 703 A $5.25 91 MD 330 A $1 .25 151 MN 730 C 211 NY 160 A $7.25 271 OH 595 A $8.00 32 IN 832 A $6.50 92 MD 380 A Error 152 MN 760 Aa $2.25 212 NY 160 B 272 OH 694 A $7.25 33 IN 835 A $1 .25 93 MD 380 Ca Error 153 MN 760 B $2.10 213 NY 160 C 273 OH 710 A $1.25 34 IN 920 A $8.75 94 MD 380 Cb Error 154 MN 760 E 214 NY 235 A 274 OH 723 A $7.25 35 IN 920 B 95 MD 3801 Error 155 MN 760 F $6.00 215 NY 252 A $7.25 275 OH 730 A 36 IA 40 A $6.10 96 MD 380 J Error 156 MN 760 G $7.25 216 NY 320 A $7.25 276 OH 760 B $1 .95 37 IA 120 A $6.00 97 MD 540 A 157 MN 7601 $6.00 217 NY 407 A $1.85 277 OH 800 A $9.75 38 IA 140 A $6.00 98 MD 550 A $1 .75 158 MN 760 L . $4.75 218 NY 410 A $1.30 278 OH 860 A $4.50 39 IA 220 A $5.10 99 MD 620 B $2.75 159 MN 760 N 219 NY 497 B $11.00 279 OH 860 B $4.50 40 IA 300 A $6.25 100 MD 675 A $2.50 160 MN 865 A $8.00 220 NY 530 A $9.35 280 OH 860 C $4.50 41 IA 300 C $1 .25 101 MD 730 A 161 MN 870 A $7.05 221 NY 615 B $1.25 281 OH 860 D $4.50 42 IA 300 D $1.25 102 MD 840 A 162 MN 950 A $1.95 222 NY 663 A $11.15 282 OH 895 A $8.75 IA 390 8 $3.75 103 MD 840 B $7.75 163 MN 950 C 223 NY 732 A $7.25 283 OH 917 A $1 .95 44 IA 510 B 104 MA 280 Aa $9.95 164 MN 950 E 224 NY 765 A $7.25 284 OH 975 A $9.65 45 IA 640 A $2.00 105 MA 305 A 165 MN 970 A $1 .05 225 NY 780 A 285 OK 860 A $2.11 46 IA 690 A $1 .25 106 MA 935 A $9.95 166 MN 980 A $8.00 226 NY 845 A $7.25 286 OK 860 B $3.11 47 IA 740 A $5.85 107 M15 A $4.00 167 MS 350 A $2.25 227 NY 905 A $7.25 287 OR 20 A $5.00 48 IA 765 A $1 .60 108 MI 5 B $6.00 168 MO 325 A 228 NC 390 A $1 .15 288 OR 130 B $4.00 49 IA 765 B $1 .25 109 MI 42 A 169 MO 325 B 229 NC 465 A 289 OR 260 A $2.75 50 IA 800 A $6.25 110 MI 65 A $6.25 170 MO 365 A $1 .95 230 NC 700 A $2.00 290 OR 320 A $8.00 51 IA 850 A 111 MI 65H 171 MO 430 B $1 .05 231 NC 980 A $7.25 291 OR 400 A $6.00 52 1A 850 B 112 M1233 A $3.10 172 MO 860 8 $1 .25 232 No 180E $2.50 292 OR 475 A $3.00 53 IA 930 B $3.75 113 M1475 A $8.50 173 MO 870 B 233 No 960 B $2.00 293 OR 475 B $205 54 IA 970 A $2.25 114 MI 525 A $9.95 174 MO 910 B $9.75 234 OH 5 A $1.95 294 OR 500 A $5.00 55 KS 180 A 12.35 115 MI 530 A $1.40 175 MO 91OF 235 OH 5 B $1.95 295 OR 500 B 17.25 56 KS 350 A $10.00 116 MI 572 A $12.65 176 MO 915 A $5.75 236 OH 23 A 296 OR 520 A $7.00 57 KS 785 A $3.00 117 MI 625 A 177 MO 915 B $6.50 237 OH 25 Aa 297 OR 700 Ab $8.00 58 KS 785 Ba $1 .75 118 MI 655 A $8.75 178 MO 975 B $1 .50 238 OH 25 Ab 298 OR 780 A $8.00 59 KS 785 Bb $1 .00 119 MI 773 A $2 .35 179 MT 660 A $4.50 239 OH 30 A 299 PA 15 A $1 .05 60 KS 785 C $1 .50 120 MI 870 C $2 .65 180 NE 540 C $1.95 240 OH 102 A $1 .00 300 PA 25 A free download from: www.vecturist.com

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1 . All bids must be postmarked no later than MAY 9, 2003 4 . Bids over $5 will be reduced to 10% above the 2nd high bid . 2 . Bids under Catalog value WILL NOT be considered unless 5 . Successful bidders are responsible for postage and insurance, specially noted . and must remit prior to shipment, if requested . 3. Please bid by LOT I ONLY . 6 . Varieties listed are from the Godsoe Varieties Catalog .

MAIL BIDS TO : Joel J . Resnick, 116 Meyerson Way, Wheeling, IL 60090-2101

1 . NE 540 H ctr hid 51 . NY 10 Qb 101 . NY 300 A 151 . NY 630 ABb 201 . NY 640 H 251 . NY 780 N 2 . NJ 115 B 52 . NY 10 S 102 . MY 305 A 152 . NY 630 ACb 202 . NY 640 1 252 . NY 780 N 3 . NJ 115 J 53 . NY 10 U 103 . NY 310 E 153 . NY 630 AD 203 . NY 640 J 253 . NY 780 Y 4 . NJ 115 1 54 . KY 10 V 104 . NY 355 C 154 . NY 630 AE 204 . NY 640 K 254 . NY 780 Z 5 . NJ 115 L 55 . NY 25 Ac 105 . NY 360 A 155 . NY 630 AF 205 . NY 660 B 255 . NY 785 C 6 . NJ 115 M 56 . NY 25 Ba 106 . NY 360 D 156 . NY 630 AJ 206 . NY 660 C 256 . NY 785 D 7 . NJ CT-1 57 . NY 25 Cb 107 . NY 365 A 157 . NY 630 AK 207 . NY 680 A 257 . NY 790 D 8 . NJ 185 A 58 . NY 25 D 108 . NY 380 Ca 158 . NY 630 AR 208 . NY 680 B 258 . NY 790 E 9 . NJ 185 B 59 . NY 25 Eb 109 . NY 385 A 159 . NY 630 AT 209 . NY 680 C 259 . NY 790 J 10 . NJ 250 1 60 . NY 25 H 110 . NY 395 A 160 . NY 630 AV 210 . NY 685 E 260 . MY 800 A 11 . NJ 290 A 61 . MY 25 1 111 . NY 410 Ab 161 . NY 630 AW 211 . NY 685 G 261 . NY 810 B 12 . NJ 310 Aa 62 . NY 25 J 112 . MY 425 A 162 . MY 630 AYa 212 . NY 685 E 262 . NY 830 Dd 13 . NJ 310 Ab 63 . NY 25 K 113 . NY 425 Ba 163 . NY 630 Ha 213 . KY 690 A 263 . NY 830 8 14 . NJ 390 D 64 . NY 35 C 114 . NY 425 C 164 . NY 630 AZb 214 . NY 695 A 264 . NY 830 F 15 . NJ 390 E 65 . NY 35 L 115 . NY 437 A 165 . NY 630 BA 215 . NY 695 C 265 . NY 830 G 16 . NJ 390 F 66 . MY 35 N 116 . MY 437 B 166 . NY 630 BC 216 . MY 695 D 266 . NY 830 H 17 . NJ 460 A 67 . MY 70 A 117 . NY 437 C 167 NY 630 BD 217 . NY 715 A 267 . NY 850 A 18 . NJ 555 A 68 . NY 75 A 118 . NY 437 D 168 . MY 630 BE 218 . NY 735 A 268 . NY 850 B 19 . NJ 555 B 69 . NY 78 Aa 119 . NY 440 8 169 . NY 630 BF 219 . NY 735 Bb 269 . NY 875 Ab 20 . NJ 555 F 70 . NY 80 A 120 . NY 445 H 170 . NY 630 BG 220 . NY 735 C 270 . NY 875 Bd 21 . NJ 570 B 71 . NY 80 Dd 121 . NY 445 I 171 . NY 630 BE 221 . NY 735 S 271 . NY 875 C 22 . NJ 570 D 72 . NY 80 G 122 . NY 575 A 172 . NY 630 BI 222 . NY 735 F 272 . NY 875 D 23 . NJ 710 A 73 . NY 80 B 123 . NY 615 la 173 . NY 630 BJ 223 . NY 735 G 273 . NY 875 N 24 . NJ 710 B 74 . NY 80 1 124 . MY 615 B 174 . NY 631 A 224 . NY 735 H 274 . NY 875 U 25 . NJ 710 C 75 . NY 80 J 125 . NY 615 C 175 . NY 631 C 225 . NY 735 J 275 . NY 875 V 26 . NJ 710 D 76 . MY 105 B rough 126 . NY 615 F 176 . NY 631 D 226 . NY 735 La 276 . NY 875 N 27 . NJ 730 B 77 . NY 105 G 127 . NY 628 A 177 . NY 631 H 227 . NY 735 H 277 . NY 875 AB 28 . NJ 912 A 78 . NY 105 Kb 128 . NY 628 B 178 . NY 631 E anpnchd 228 . MY 745 Aa 278 . NY 875 AE 29 . NJ 975 F 79 . NY 105 L 129 . NY 628 C 179 . NY 631 F 229 . NY 745 Ab 279 . NY 890 As 30 . NM 40 A 80 . NY 105 N 130 . NY 629 Ca 180 . NY 631 G 230 . NY 770 C 280 . NY 890 B 31 . NM 40 B 81 . NY 140 B 131 . NY 629 Da 181 . NY 631 H 231 . NY 770 D 281 . NY 890 Cc 32 . NM 40 1 82 . NY 140 D 132 . MY 629 Gb 182 . NY 631 1 232 . NY 780 B 282 . NY 890 Cd pristine 33 . NM 100 A 83 . NY 145 A 133 . MY 629 M 183 . NY 631 J 233 . NY 780 C 283 . NY 890 Ce 34 . NM 100 B 84 . NY 145 B 134 . NY 629 I 184 . NY 631 K 234 . NY 780 Db *284 . MY 890 G 35 . NM 100 C 85 . NY 145 C 135 . NY 629 J 185 . NY 631 1 .235 . NY 780 1 285 . NY 890 H slvr pntd 36 . NM 280 A 86 . NY 145 D 136 . BY 629 K 186 . NY 631 9 236 . NY 780 J 286 . NY 905 A 37 . NM 430 A 87 . NY 160 A 137 . NY 630 B 187 . NY 631 N 237 . NY 780 K 287 . NY 905 C 38 . NM 430 C 88 . NY 160 B 138 . NY 630 Is 188 . NY 631 R 238 . MY 780 Lb 288 . NY 905 Db 39 . NM 430 D 89 . NY 210 A 139 . NY 630 La These 189 . NY 631 Sa 239 . NY 780 Ma 289 . NY 905 F 40 . NM 760 C 90 . NY 210 B 140 . NY 630 Lb are 190 . NY 631 Sb 240 . NY 780 Mb 290 . NY 905 J 41 . NM 760 D 91 . NY 230 J 141 . NY 630 Lc very 191 . NY 631 U 241 . NY 780 N 291 . NY 905 Oa 42 . KM 810 A 92 . NY 235 A 142 . NY 630 Ld nice 192 . NY 631 V 242 . NY 780 Oa 292 . NY 905 Ob 43 . NM 810 8 93 . NY 235 B 143 . NY 630 Q 193 . NY 631 Nb 243 . NY 780 Ob 293 . NY 905 P 44 . NM 810 C 94 . NY 235 C 144 . BY 630 T 194 . NY 631 Y 244 . NY 780 Pa 294 . NY 905 Q 45 . NM 810 D 95 . NY 285 A 145 . NY 630 Ua 195 . NY 632 1 245 . NY 780 0 295 . NY 905 R 46 . NM 900 A 96 . NY 285 Da 146 . NY 630 W 196 . MY 632 0 246 . NY 780 R 296 . NY 905 S 47 . NM 940 A 97 . NY 285 Db 147 . NY 630 Y 197 . NY 632 C 247 . NY 780 S 297 . NY 905 T 48 . NM CT-1 98 . NY 290 A 148 . NY 630 Zb 198 . NY 640 A 248 . MY 780 T 298 . NY 945 A 49 . NY 10 B 99 . NY 290 B 149 . NY 630 AA 199 . NY 640 C 249 . NY 780 0 299 . NY 945 B 50 . NY 10 N 100 . NY 290 C 150 . NY 630 ABa 200 . NY 640 D 250 . NY 780 V 300 . NY 945 C * partially plated/partially unplated - very unusual free download from: www.vecturist.com

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Hlanagwn : Annu & 506 ButleA. 737 Ecat4 26th Street MinneapoUA MN 55404-4402 (612) 871-4699 Ads of up to 3 column inches in each ca tagory are free to AVA members, Larger ads i or full page) must be sent co the Fare Box editor . Ads must reach the mana- gers by the FIFTH of the month of issue, of they will be held for next month's i ssue . DO NOT tun the 5ame ad in connecuti.ve' iAOue/~ wahout changing the wo't&ng . Use the 2-tette4 State abbreviation in your ad, as well as your name . address and complete 9-digit zip code, which can be found by looking at a previous ad, or :( . cue AVA membership roster . Submit only one ad per caCagory, more will be combineu into one ad, or held for next month's issue . Please, only adn tie(ading to tenet hv~ted un p nn o~ the Arn can VecGvi.int . AmociatWn

lose Ma '~`_JC.1 Selling about 690 TT's from Complete set of AVA con- Available : Old, scarce, in- vention tokens, as a lot or Charlie Max's collection . teresting paper transfers Value over $400 catalogue . bid by year & catalogue from the late 1800s and number Some duplicates . Want to . Consider trades for early 1 900s. US cities and Iowa tokens. Catalogue price sell as one batch. Send over$50 towns and ,some Canada . stamps) for . No phone calls or Since I don't collect trans- SASE ($1 .06 penny bids . fers, they are for sale for list . Doug Redies Dorothy A . ('lax cash, or for trade, for Exposition 3525 Windsor Ave . #119 13288 W . mostly pre-1930 US rail- Dr . Dubuque LA 1328 W . Exposition road/transit tickets, passes, Lakewood CO 80228-3036 52001- cash fare receipts, or pos- sible time tables. If you Chrome-plated fare box - [ILI 150-Q in good interest, please •X dition con- have any Mounting hinge -" -" - .(910) 869-5854. call or write, (919-468- Round ; with brass coin Robert Schottin 5510) . holder. Key may work . Write 735 W . State Road Dan Benice for further detail and price . West Grove PA P . 0 . Box 5708 Also: book of Twin Cities 19390-9401 Cary NC 27512-5708 Motor Transit, Benton Harbor MI, paper transfers and

*R1 school ride tickets . $2 .25 n each plus SASE; 1909 Car Wash tokens at auc- Flea Market special : Have calendar/book, Benton tran- tion : Best offer over cata- two groups of 300 tokens sit Co ., Benton Harbor MI . logue plus postage : 3CA] which 'includes transporta- "School Bus" Ben 375-Ab ; 528-B ; 635-A ; 845- tion, parking, video games, 216 Hampton Road B ; ;965-B ; [MN] 148-A ; 510- car wash, tax and others for Benton Harbor 14I A ; 640-A ; [MO[ 10-A ; 975- sale at $18 .00 plus $5 .00 449022-5924 A ; [NY[ 320-A ; [OHI 800-A ; postage for each group . [WI] 280-A ; 14 . Al_Kohl,hordt John HOPfmann Send 60C SASE for list of 8334 Heron Circle P . 0 . Box 2649 over 1600 different Foreign Ooltewah TN TT's from 61 countries . Sunnyvale CA 37363-9794 Bill Garrison 94087-0649 9505 Normandy -Avenue Morton Grove IL (Ad5 cont i nued o n next page) 60053-1337

REMEMBER : AUCTION OF WI 510 C, the horsecar token . Have 2 from the Scroggins collection, and top two bidders will take them . Close May 4 . d:M . Coffee, Editor - P.O . Box 1204 - Boston, MA 02104-1204

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[FL] parking tokens 3500-A ; sent for the trade . A free Special offer for newer 3650-D; 3910-B (rev G) . Send members and beginning gift will be included still needed for my collect- collectors . I have over 1200 $2 .50 for postage. ion . I'll Make generous cash diffrerent common transit "School Bus" Ben offers ($50 plus) or make a from the USA and tokens 216 Hampton Road more than generous trade for sale . Mostly Canada Benton Harbor MI offer. I also want [FL] trade under $1 .00 each . For 1 AAX 49022-5924 tokens plus (FL] wooden TT's catalogue value and better with fare increase over- items up to 2X catalogue prints . I collect all [FL] TT's value. Purchase $100 or to trade tokens and Bryan more and get an extra 10% England celluloids for trade . Money. Let me know what discount (one time only) . Over 400 different . Write or you have in these for sale Satisfaction guaranteed. For e-mail for trade/want lists . or trade . (850) 981=0693) . listr write or e-mail : Australian ferry tokens for E-mail : [email protected] l ou8066@aol .com trade or sale . Over 50 Steve Ratliff Bill Weber different available . And 1717 St . Marys Bay Dr . 6758 KOA Drive world transit tokens for Milton FL New Tripoli PA trade or sale. Write or E- 32583-7343 18066-2419 mail for these also . E-mail : l ou8o66@aol .com Old transportation / railroad Still have some [CA] 295-A Bill Weber tickets, passes and cash "Karts-N-Golf" (catalogue 6758 KOA Drive fare receipts . US mostly value $6) . Sell for $1 each New Tripoli PA pre-1930 . plus postage . Multiples OK. 18066-2419 Dan Benice Al Kohlhardt P. 0 . Box P . 0 . Box 2649 Cary NC Sunnyvale CA 27512-5708 94087-0649 Oklahoma TT's. Send a list with prices wanted . Also Montreal Canada Bridge to- want information on any kens: ]PQ] 620--A thru K RARE [OK] TT's for a rarity (except I) . Also the, proof index . If you want to sell pattern pieces "A Repen- them, great . If not, I would tiguy" . Also dookinf for [PQ] Send me from one (1) to still bike to know if you have 620-P, the MDF ferry token thirty ' (30) different (no one. smcorne@ix .netcom .com with the ship depicted on it . duplicates) TT's and I will Shane Cornell I . appreciate your help . E- send you from two (2) to P . 0 . Box 277 mail : petrvt@aol .com sixty (60) TT's of my Jenks OK 74037-0277 Peter Irion choicer There will be no P . 0 . Box 10 more than five (5) duphcates Need these California to- Huntington VT (contin"d next column) kens: 450-L, M, N, R, T . 05462-0010 Patrick Stanford 82 Burgandy Drive Kensington CT 06037-1838

APPLICATIONS FOR MMBERSHIP 3136 STANLEY S . SYCKO - 12262 Bliss Court - Sterling Heights, MI 48312-3102 (phone 586-939-3136) Age 57 ; Retired . Collects U .S . (Wingerter) 3144 S . Wells St : 3rd Rear - Chicago, IL 60616-3618 (phone 312-326-0687) 3137 ALAN MEYERS - : alanmeyers5@hotmail .com ) Age 55 ; Computer Application Analyst . Collects U .S . (Coffee)( Email REINSTATEMENT TO MEMBERSHIP 1663 Raymond L . Raineri - 4239 Alhambra Way - Martinez, CA 94553-3925 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Spartanburg, SC 29307-3718 (phone 864-579-8537) 1451 Douglas Borden - 103 Greenbriar Terrace - 3042 William Myers - 2412 William Street - Augusta, GA 30904-6128

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VOLUME 57, NUMBER 4 APRIL 2003 OUR 670th ISSUE

April 27 . We've already sold over 150 of the Seven-Year Supplements to the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue . Still have nearly 100 left, so if you still have not ordered one, you still have time . Price $6 including postage . Order from the Editor in Boston . Inside this issue you will find the Auction List for the AVA Convention Auction which will be held at the Adams Mark Hotel, 120 Church St ., Buffalo, NY, August 7 to 10 . Registration is only $65 to June 30 (then $80), and rooms are $89 single or double (but parking is extra) . Reserve directly with the hotel at 716-845-5116 and mention that you are with the AVA . While New York subways no longer use tokens, tokens are being used on the Roosevelt Island Tram ($2 each). I don't know if they accept NY subways tokens or are still using NY 630 BH . I do know they just ordered 7,000 more tokens, so I suspect it's BH (but is the new one any different?) . In our catalogue as Unidentified #109 we have an odd 22mm aluminum tokens inscribed "Prof . Flavio Silva / Good For One Ride 5C" . I own it and it's round . Just reported is a 22m octagonal Flavio Silva token otherwise like the round one . This is listed by Dick Worthington's new catalogue of New Mexico tokens as being, tenta- tively, from Las Vegas, NM . One of them was found there and another one in Santa Fe . I still wonder what "Professor Flavio Silva" was operating that used tokens . Recently a round cardboard Texas hack token was sold for $900 . I inquired of the new owner if he'd send us a description for listing . He declined unless we listed it at $900 . As our top price for such a token is $100, I guess it won't be listed for a while . Granted $100 is nominal . But $900? Wow! On page 134 of the December issue we pictured a Red Ball Bus token about which we had little information . Shane Cornell has done some investigating and found a listing in a 1926 Sapulpa (OK) City Directory for a Red Ball Bus Line at 18 N . Elm, which was the location of their bus station . But as the token is for 5C in trade, I hesitate to list it yet as it just might be for the candy stand in the bus station . Wally Shidler reports that the Electric Ry . Historical Assn . of Southern California will be issuing a new token for "opening day rides on the Pasadena Gold Light Rail Line" this summer . I am confident we'll have them for our New Issues Service .

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-Page 34- -April 2003- THE USE OF THE PICATINNY ARSENAL TOKENS : NJ 185 A,B,C [The following is part of an article that appeared in the October, 1943, issue of Bus Transportation, just as NJ 185 A, B, C, were first going into use . As the Arsenal was a federal government operation during the war, there was a strict control over who used the buses, and tokens were part of that control .] All bus fares are collected at the bus parking lot, and no rider on any of the lines using the lot as a terminal pays any fare to a bus driver . Fares are paid with tokens . These tokens are purchased at sales booths at the bus parking lot, and are collected at the turntiles located at the entrance and exit of each of the three zone areas . The three different tokens, which are sold for 20a, 30*, and 35*, re- spectively, are of different sizes and each size is sold only in the sales booth located in the zone for which the token is issued . Thus workers from New York board their buses in New York at the regular terminal there, displaying only their identification badges . After the bus has arrived at its terminal in Zone 3 in the bus parking lot, they go to the token sales booth in the Zone 3 area and if they do not have tokens already, purchase one or more at 354 apiece . Then they leave the lot by way of the turnstiles, putting a single token in the turnstile to operate it . The same procedure is followed when employees leave for home ; they purchase tokens and enter the parking lot through turnstiles to board their buses . Buses stop only to pick up or discharge passengers at designated points . Furthermore the only stops at the Arsenal are in the respective bus zones in the bus parking lot . . . . Under the new operation, any driver who stops on the highway to pick up or discharge passengers is violating a federal law and is subject to immediate discharge and other penalties .

TIMELINE OF HALIFAX-DARTMOUTH BRIDGE TOLLS IN NOVA SCOTIA By Randy Larsen Cash: always . Tickets (in books) from opening of MacDonald Bridge on 2 April 1955 to 31 December 1963 . TOKENS put in use 1 January 1963 (NS 100 C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,O,P,Q,R,T,U,V,W) The dated passenger tokens are later production runs 100 B 100 T,U,V,W are later production runs of 100 D,E,K,L, produced by a different mint, which accounts for mint mark. NEW PASSENGER TOKEN (100 5) put in use 1 December 1982 (still in use), replacing 100 B,O,P,Q,R . NEW COMMERICAL VEHICLE TOKENS (100 Y,Z,AA) put in use 1 September 1987, replacing 100 C to L, T to W . NEW COMMERICAL VEHICLE TOKENS (100 AB,AD,AE?) put in use 3 August 1992, replacing 100 Y,Z,AA . A new class was implemented on this date : BUS . This applies to all buses except Metro Transit . Instead of having new tokens made, they use the expired class 2 token : NY 100 Y . SUMMARY : The current tokens are 100 S,Y,AC,AD - all others are OBSOLETE . The Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission does not expect to make new tokens any time in the future as there are sufficient quantities of the present tokens to meet requirements for many years . The electronic passes now account for 43% of all tolls collected . This has streamlined the bridge operations and moves traffic about 505 faster, relieving the long lineups during rush hours .

CITY OF DARTMOUTH FERRY TOKENS Tokens first used in 1967, replacing the paper tickets and the ticket collectors at each terminal . NS 100 M,N were from two different manufacturers and valid simultaneously . It is not known which was the first issued . The two were made obsolete by the new token (NS 100 X) This token became obsolete in 1995 when the ferry service was taken over by the Metropolitan Authority, operators of the Metro Transit buses . The fare structure was integrated into the Metro Transit fares, which are collected by cash or monthly passes . Paper transfer slips are issued to transfer between bus routes or bus to ferry . All ferry tokens are now obsolete .

NEW CAROUSEL TOKEN FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Just received from Philip Byrnes is a new 23mm brass token inscribed "Las Vegas / Nevada / Belz / Outlet / World (on tag) // Good For / One 1 Carousel / Ride" . Philip says "it is used for the carousel at the Belz Outlet Mall at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip . Tokens are dispensed from a vending machine at the information booth at the main entrrance to the mall . It has been operating for several years . Until late in 2002 they used stock tokens . The enclosed token was put into use shortly before Christmas of 2002 ." 1 think we'll be able to get these for our New Issues .

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2003 AVA CONVENTION AUCTION TOKEN LIST Page 1 of 3 1 See the attached bid sheet for bidding address, auction date, time, and place . 2 Bid by lot number only, using the bid sheet enclosed with this FARE BOX issue . 3 Bids of less than catalog value, except for item 186, will not be considered . 4 All high bids over $3 .00 will be reduced to 10% over the second highest bid. 5 Postage and insurance will be added to all winning mail bids . 6 Payment in full must be submitted, if requested, before the tokens are mailed . Note: See Page 3 for descriptions of (*) notes .

LOT CATALOG LOT CATALOG LOT CATALOG LOT CATALOG LOT CATALOG 1 AL S60 A 48(3A 60 AH 95 MD 940 A 142 MI YS C 189 NC 290 D 2 AL 560E 49 GA 60 AK 96 MD 940 C 143 MI 370 G 190 OH 158 3 AL 560 Ma 50 HI 210 B 97 MA 45 A 144 MI 395 BdB 191 OH 125 G 4 AK 50 F 51 HI 210 H 98 MA 45 B 145 MI 560 R 192 OH 165 G 5 AK 50 G 52 HI 240 Ab 99 MA 50 A 146 MN 50 Nb 193 OH 165 Hb 6 AK 190 A 53 HI 330 A 100 MA 115 J 147 MN 460 F (2) 194 OH 165 N 7 AK 300 D 54 HI 540' E 101 MA 115 K 148 MN 620 A 195 OH 175 W 8 AK 300E 55 ID 3801 102 MA 115 M 149 MN 620 C 196 OH 175 Xa 9 AK 450E 56 ID 380 J 103 MA 115 Na 150 MN 760 C 197 OH 230 V 10 AK 500 B 57 ID 440 G 104 MA 115 Nb 151 MS 900E 198 OH 520 A 11 AR 405 A 58 IL 130 Da 105 MA 1150 152 MO 370 Ea 199 OH 535 B 12 AR 435 F 59 IL 150 Aa 106 MA 115 Q 153 MO 420 Btk(3) 200 OH 660 Fa 13 CA 175 A 60 IL 150 Zb 107 MA 115 U 154 MO 440 Ab 201 OH 660 Fb 14 CA 450 Da 61 IL 150 ABb 108 MA 115 X 155 MO 440 Q 202 OH 726 A 15 CA 450 BA 62 IL 150 AI 109 MA 115 Y 156 MO 440 R (4) 203 OH 1000 P 16 CA 535 A 63 IL 200 C 110 MA 115 AA 157 MO 440S(4) 204 OR 20 E 17 CA 535 B 64 IL 320 A 111 MA 115 AB 158 MO 640 Aa (5) 205 OR 80 Aa 18 CA 535 C 65 IL 3208 112 MA 115 AC 159 MO 9101 206 OR 100 Aa 19 CA 535 D 66 IL 430 8b 113 MA 115 AD 160 MT 740 A 207 OR 100 Ab 20 CA 575 Ab 67 IL 795 Db 114 MA 210 B 161 NE 305 D 208 OR 130 A 21 CA 745 Z 68 IN 90 A 115 MA 2458 162 NE 700 A (6) 209 OR 160 CAb 22 CA 760 C 69 IN 180 A 116 MA 245 C 163 NE 700 V 210 OR 160 F 23 CA 760 G 70 IN 450 A 117 MA 260 A 164 NH 520 A 211 OR 160 G 24 CA 760 H 71 IN 960 A 118 MA 305 B 165 NH 520 B 212 OR 160 H 25 CA 7600 72 IA 110 C 119 MA 445 A 166 NH 640 H 213 OR 340 A 26 CA 800 A 73 IA 130 B 120 MA 505 A 167 NH 700 A 214 OR 760 C 27 CO 280E 74 IA 150 Bb-tn 121 MA 550 C 168 NV 500 A 215 OR 880 A 28 CT 35 H 75 IA 230 D 122 MA 550 D 169 NV 5001 216 PA 15 C 29 CT 35 M 76 IA 640E 123 MA 550 K 170 NV 900 A 217 PA 15D 30 CT 130 A 77 IA 850 K 124 MA 550L 171 NJ 1151 218 PA 15 N 31 CT 1308 78 KS 30 Cb 125 MA 550 P 172 NJ 997 A 219 PA 150 32 CT 210 G 79 KS 940 M 126 MA 630 C 173 NJ 997 G 220 PA 55 A 33 Cr 235 B 80 KY 45 Ab 127 MA 630 Da 174 NY+ 25 Cb 221 PA 65 A (8) 34 Cr 320 Bb 81 KY 510 BN 128 MA 630 Db 175 NY 105 M 222 PA 65 C 35 Cr 345 A 82 KY 710 A 129 MA 660 A 176 NY 615 C 223 PA 65 E 36 CT 550 A 83 KY 7100 130 MA 660 B 177 NY 628 B 224 PA 65 F 37 CT 550 D 84 LA 30 D 131 MA 660 Cb 178 NY 628 C 225 PA 65 G 38 Cr 560 B 85 ME 40 A 132 MA 970 A 179 NY 630 Y 226 PA 85 A 39 Cr 1000 A 86 ME 40 B 133 MA 997 A 180 NY 630 AJ 227 PA 125 A 40 DC 500 D 87 ME 710 A 134 MA 9978 181 NY 630 BD 228 PA 135 B:B 41 DC 500E 88 ME 710 B 135 MA 997 C 182 NY 631 L 229 PA 146 A 42 DC 500 AQ 89 ME 930 A 136 MA 997 D 183 NY 631 Sb 230 PA 146 B 43 FL 380 C 90 MD 60 Q 137 MA 998 B 184 NY 632 D 231 PA 150 B 44 FL 380 D 91 MD 60 U 138 MA 1000 A 185 NY 695 A 232 PA 165 A 45 FL 3803(l) 92 MD 60 V 139 MA 1000 B 186 NY 780 Bb (7) 233 PA 165 E 46 FL 440 A 93 MD 60 AC 140 MA 1000 C 187 NY 945 A 234 PA 165 H 47 GA 601 94 MD 840 F 141 MI 65 G 188 NY 998 A 235 PA 195 A (9)

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2003 AVA CONVENTION AUCTION TOKEN LIST Page 2 of 3 LOT CATALOG LOT CATALOG LOT CATALOG LOT CATALOG LOT CATALOG 236 PA 195 D 292 PA 750 8D 348 V 1 150 U CANADA 237 PA 1953 293 PA 765 K 349 VT 150 E 400 BC 600 C 410 ON 400 E 238 PA 195 K 294 PA 765 Pb 350 VT 520 A:D 401 BC 900 A 411 ON 475 Ab 239 PA 280 6 295 PA 765 Q 351 VT 595 A 402 NS 75 D 412 ON 567 A 240 PA 295 A 296 PA 765 Ra 352 VT 595 B 403 NS 75 E 413 ON 675 G 241 PA 2956 297 PA 765S(12) 353 VT 7008 404 NS 75 F 414 ON 900 A 242 PA 305 A 298 PA 770 C (13) 354 VI 10008 405 NS 100 AB 415 ON 900 C 243 PA 305 D 299 PA 815 A 355 VA 5800 406 NS 100 AC 416 ON 900 D 244 PA 315 B (6) 300 PA 940 A 356 VA 600 Ab 407 NS 100 AD 417 ON 900 E 245 PA 315 C 301 PA 940 C 357 VA 600 Ac 408 NS 450 A 418 ON 900 F 246 PA 320 A 302 PA 950 D 358 VA 600 F 409 ON 325 A 419 ON 900 G 247 PA 325 D 303 PA 950 La 359 VA 6001 248 PA 355 A (10) 304 PA 965 Ca 360 VA 6003 AVA CONVENTIONS 249 PA 360 A 305 PA 965 Da 361 VA 620 C 420 WA 780 U C1-1962 250 PA 385 D 306 PA 970 A 362 VA 620 Ja 421 CO 260 P C2-1963 251 PA 400 B 307 PA 975 D 363 VA 885 A 422 CO 260 Q 0-1963 252 PA 425 C 308 PA 9851 364 VA 985 A 423 PA 445 C C4-1964 253 PA 458 A 309 PA 997 B 365 VA 985E 424 CA 25 A C6-1966 254 PA 460 B 310 PA 997 R 366 WA 5 A 425 MN 540 AG C8-1967 255 PA 460 C 311 PA 997S 367 WA 20 A 426 CA 760 J C9-1968 256 PA 480 A 312 PA 997 T 368 WA 595 B 427 PA 750 AU C10-1965 257 PA 495 C 313 PA 997 U 369 WA 595 C 428 TX 255 Q Cll-1970 258 PA 495 G 314 PA 998 B 370 WA 690 C 429 WA 780 W C12-1971 259 PA 495 K 315 PA 998 T 371 WA 780 G 430 IL 855 A C13-1972 260 PA 495 R 316 P1 500 A (11) 372 WA 7801 431 CO 420 A C14-1973 261 PA 575 D 317 PR 6403 373 WA 780 Z 432 MN 540 A] C15-1974 262 PA 575E 318 PR 640 K 374 WA 840 M 433 MN 540 AK C16-1974 263 PA 590 C 319 RI 700 B 375 WA 840 T 434 CA 450 T C17-1975 264 PA 595 A 320 RI 700 Jb 376 WA 860 B 435 MO 910 Z C18-1976 265 PA 5958 321 SC 240 Ca 377 WA 880 G 436 NV 150 A C19-1977 266 PA 605 Bb 322 SC 310 B 378 WA 880 H 437 KY 950 A C20-1978 267 PA 605 C 323 SC 450 B 379 WA 8803 438 PA 750 BA C21-1979 268 PA 605 Db 324 SC 450 C 380 WA 880 N 439 MB 900 G C22-1980 269 PA 6051 325 SC 5008 381 WA 8800 440 UT 300 A C23-1981 270 PA 6050 326 SC 880 Ab 382 WV 860 A 441 MA 115 AK C24-1982 271 PA 645 B 327 SD 6808 383 WI 220E 442 CA 745 Y C25-1983 272 PA 650 A 328 SD 1000 D 384 WI 330 A 443 TN 120 G C26-1984 273 PA 650 8 329 TN 20 D 385 WI 410 B 444 ON 900 H C27-1985 274 PA 650 C 330 TN 430 B 386 WI 410 F 445 OR 700S C28-1986 275 PA 650 D 331 TN 4301(12) 387 WI 4103 446 GA 60 AG C29-1987 276 PA 725 A 332 TX 60 A 388 WI 440 B 447 NY 780 X C30-1988 277 PA 725 8b 333 TX 145 B 389 WI 9408 448 CO , 280 C C31-1989 278 PA 725 Da 334 TX 255 X 390 WI 975 A 449 OH 175 AF C32-1990 279 PA 725 E 335 TX 275 A 391 WI 975 B 450 AB 250 A C33-1991 280 PA 725 G (11) 336 TX 340 W 392 WI 980 D 451 FL 670 A C34-1992 281 PA 725 H (9) 337 TX 565 A 393 WY 1006 452 CA 775 M C36-1994 282 PA 745 E 338 TX 710 D 453 CO 140 K C37-1995 283 PA 750 A 339 TX 750 A 394 Unid 62 454 MI 560 AG C38-1996 284 PA 750 C 340 TX 810 AF 395 PP N 455 CT 550 B C39-1997 285 PA 750 F 341 TX 810 AR 396 PP 0 456 TN 600 R C40-1998 286 PA 750 G 342 TX 890 A 397 PP P 457 NM 40 M C41-1999 287 PA 750 Z 343 TX 890 B 398 PP Q 458 ID 65 A C42-2000 288 PA 750 AC 344 TX 950 A 399 PP R 459 KS 55 A C43-2001 289 PA 750 AD 345 TX 985 C 290 PA 750 AE 346 VT 60 A AVA SPECIAL 291 PA 750 AN 347 VT 150 C 460 AVA 10TH ANNIV 1958

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2003 AVA CONVENTION AUCTION TOKEN LIST Page 3 of 3 LOT CATALOG LOT CATALOG (') NOTES": CLUB TOUR FOREIGN (1) Dented 461 GA CT-S 473 BAHAMAS Lydall,#42 (2) Error 462 IL CT-1 (CV $5-10) (3) 1.56 mm 463 IL CT-2 474 FRANCE 480 AC (4) No Dent 464 MA CT-1 475 ITALY 120 FA (5) Sm hole, discolor 465 MA Cr-2 476 NORWAY 100 AA (6) Slight bow 466 MA CT-4 (7) Dug/pitted/cleaned 467 MA CT-6 (8) Pc'd (2) sm holes 468 MI CT-1 (9) "Gem" 469 MI CT-2 (10) Worn, Pc'd 470 MI CT-3 (11) Sm plandiet clip 471 NM CT-1 (12) Worn 472 WI Cr-3 (13) "Mint"

INTRODUCING BOB PHIPPS, AVA #2272, OF SOMERSET, KY "Some time ago you asked for short AVA member biographies . Here's mine : Born in 1929 and raised in Southwestern Oklahoma . enlisted U .S . Navy in 1948 as seaman recruit and departed in 1969 as lieutenant . Next 9 years as claims super- visor for insurance company in Columbus, Ohio, then to Midland, Texas, for 17 years as an independent petroleum landman . Retired to Somerset, KY, in 1994 and now pursue multiple hobbies of transportation token collecting, wood working, wood carving, and intarsia . I'm usually asked the meaning of intarsia so I will enclose an image of an intarsia picture . The picture is titled 'New Shoes' and is made en- tirely of wood with no painting . It is in 3 layers for 3-D effect : background, boy, and water droplets . "I've also seen in The Fare Box from time to time methods of housing a token collection . I've enclosed two images of my token cabinet . It is made of ash and is assembled with raised panel construction, dimensions are 41 feet high, 2 feet wide, and 1 foot deep . It has a drawer at the top with 9 shelves below covered by a single door . On each shelf are 2 trays . Each tray has 4 compartments, each 2" side . Each tray will hold about 440 tokens (less if wooden nickels are included) in 2x2 holders or envelopes for a total capacity of about 7,920 tokens ." **rs*

BEAUTIFUL NEW CATALOGUE OF OKLAHOMA TT's IN FULL COLOR If only we had one like this for every state . Just received from AVA member Shane Cornell is a fabulous 66-page (size 81x11") soft-bound catalogue that lists all Oklahoma transportation tokens with beautiful enlarged photographs in full color . Pictured are lots and lots of unique or census-2 hack and depotel tokens, some from I .T . or O . T . , that have never been pictured or seen before by anyone but their owners . Many of these were uncovered by the late J .L . Hargett . Pictured are the common ones and the rare ones . Shane has assigned his own estimated values to the tokens, which are on the high side of realistic . His top value is $700, which is for a unique (only one is known) token . I commend it to all collectors . Published by the Oklahoma Numismatic Assn ., it is available from them at P .O . Box 277 - Jenks, OK 74037-0277 . $15 postpaid .

Does the NY 78a blank reverse variety exist? I note the die variety catalogue pictures two reverse with milling on reverse . Is there one with a plain reverse? If you have one, notify Hal Ford .

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-Page 38- -April 2003- APRIL SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford

NEW YORK Cortland 160 (Reported by Karl E . Gabsch) CORTLAND/TRANSIT/(BUS on APPLE)(2 CIRCLES) G Pr 38 Sd (same as obverse) (circles 37mm & 26mm on both sides) $1 .00 H Pr 38 Sd " (circles 28mm & 21mm on both sides) 1 .00 I Pg 38 Sd " (dark green) (circles 31mm & 22mm on both sides) 1 .00 J Pg 38 Sd " (light green) (circles 31mm & 22mm on both sides) 1 .00 CORTLAND/TRANSIT, INC ./(BUS on APPLE) (CIRCLES) K Pb 38 Sd (same as obverse) (circles 32mm & 23mm on both sides) 1 .00

NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte 160 (Reported by Fred Sader) 1774 .HEZEKIAH ALEXANDER HOME .2003/ONE DOLLAR/ (BUILDING) J B 23 Sd Park! Center City Transit/Onstreet Parking/Trolley/ (crown) (Charlotte sM/Rw1 (8mm stainless steel center) 1 .00

PRESENTATION PIECES (Reported by Fred Sader) BS Sv 39 Sd NC 160 J without rwm mintmark ; reeded & numbered on edge ; struck in .999 silver . (500 struck)

ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS FL 380 X (listed 2/03) - add to Obv : SUNSHINE EXPRESS (in logo beneath STEAM TRAIN) OH 505 0 (listed 3/03) - correct listing to "OH 505 N" OK 45 B (listed 3/03) - to Rev . add "4" to make it 11 1210 WY 120 R (listed 3/03) - Obv & Rev should read CTP (not "CPT")

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD The Cortland, NY, listings were mentioned on page 18 of the February Fare Box . Cortland, NY, usually only issues a small quantity of each plastic token . The question is, Why so many of so few? We hope one of our New York members will check these out for the New Issues Service . Charlotte, NC 160 J is the latest issue of a continuing series of multi-use tok- ens . Fred Sader obtained a supply for the N .I .S . The Presentation Piece, which is NC 160 J but struck in silver and larger, is another of a continuing series . This one plus past issues for 1999,2000,2001, and 2002, are available from the source at $20 each . To order, call "Park It" office at 704-375-3177 or email : jdonato@ci .charlotte .nc .us I do not know if they pay the postage . We want to thank Charles Heilman, a non AVA member, for obtaining a supply of MI 860 A and B for our NIS members . He reports there may also be a 2003 issue soon . AI Kohlhardt discovered a recent new issue, probably in use at a shopping mall somewhere : THE PARK (incuse leaf on square) // Good / For / One / Carousel / Ride / hm It is 29mm bronze . Anyone recognize it? Bob Phipps picked up an interesting token which would be Isitable if we can prove it is definitely a TT . 21mm brass : FERRY/Moise Klinkner Co S .F . /! FERRY This San Francisco mint struck tokens for use in several western states .

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-April 2003- -Page 39- SUPPLEMENT #21 TO CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICA B HAROLD V . FORD SECOND EDITION

IOWA Indianaola 470 SPRAY ZONE CAR WASH 504 N . JEFFERSON WAY INDIANAOLA B Bz 29 Sd Freedom (eagle on emblem over wreath) 3 .00

Kansas Salina 880 GREEN LANTERN (LANTERN) F B 25 Sd Carwash Token (antique car) .50

MONTANA Havre 460 BLUE BEAR CAR WASH HAVRE, MT . rwm (BEAR) A Bz 25 Sd EMT Car Wash Havre, Mt . 1 .00 B Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token rwm (convertible car) 1 .00

Helena 480 DIDRIKSEN CAR WASHES HELENA AND GREAT FALLS B B 29 Sd Carwash Token rwm (convertible car) 4 .00 LEGAL ONLY AT DIDRIKSEN'S TRUCK & CAR WASH 'MOBIL SELF SERVICE 775 CARTER DRIVE HELENA, MONT, C o B 23 Sd (blank) (incuse black insc . on obv .) 10 .00 610 CUSTER HELENA, MT . BRUSHLESS AUTOMATIC SPOT-FREE RINSE D B 29 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) 4 .00

Livingston 600 K-PARK LIVINGSTON CARWASH hh A Bz 25 Sd (cartoon auto facing left) (stars) .50 MAIN ST . CAR-TRUCK WASHES ALWAYS A WINNER 1`IONTANA PRIDE B Bz 25 Sd A Sharp Vehicle Mark of a Winner (antique car) .50

Missoula 660 1620 RUSSELL MISSOULA, MT . BRUSHLESS AUTOMATIC SPOT-FREE RINSE E B 29 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) 4 .00 JEVADA Elko 200 K & L CAR WASH ELKO & CARLIN NEVADA D Bz 25 Sd No Cash Value No Cash Value hm (eagle on emblem over wreath) 1 .50

NEW YORK Canandaigua 110 AUTO WASH INC . RT 332 ROCHESTER RD A Bz 25 Sd Good .For .Fifty .Cents .in.Trade 50 hm .50

Chester 135 .5 (relisting A and B & C) BROOKSIDE CAR WASH RT 17 M . CHESTER, NY A Bz 25 Sd No Cash Value hh (stars) 1 .00 B Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hh 1 .00 C Bz 29 Sd No Cash Value hh (stars) 4 .00

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NEW YORK Fayetteville 252 (ex Unid 519) HOT TRACKS CAR WASHES (AUTO) B Bz 23 Sd Carwash Token Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back hh 2 .50

Penn Yam 725 (ex Unid 449 + new one) CROOKED LAKE CAR WASH A Bz 25 Sd Good .For .Fifty .Cents .in .Trade 50 hh .50 B Bz 25 Sd Good .For .Fifty Cents .in .Trade 50 hm .50

NORTH CAROLINA High Point 450 (ex Unid 554) WESTCHESTER CAR WASH B B 26 Sd Car Wash Token 2 .00

OREGON Portland 700 AL's SUPER WASH PORTLAND .BEAVERTON .TUALATIN (SMILING AUTO) tm E Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hm .50

PENNSYLVANIA Tunkhannock 918 (ex Unid 516) A & R CARWASH B B 23 Sd Carwash Token c (antique car) (ACb) 1 .75

Whitehall 982 (ex Unid 532) MAC AUTHUR RD . CARWASH B o B 29 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car) 2 .50

TEXAS Hondo 443 (ex unid 494) PUMPHOUSEr CAR WASHES (PUMP)r A WM 25 Sd Car Wash Token No Cash Value $10-0 (15mm brass center) (reeded edge) 1 .00

Van 932 (exUnid 440 + new one) SETTLERS CONVENIENCE STORES (COVERED WAGON) A Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hm 1 .00 B Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hh 1 .00

UTAH Bountiful 100 JOLLEY'S CARWASH TOKEN 180 N 500 WEST BOUNTIFUL, UT hh G Bz 29 Sd (cartoon auto facing right) (stars) hh 3 .00

Kearns 360 KEARNS CAR WASH 5344 SOUTH 4015 WEST NON-REFUNDABLE C Bz 27 Sd Good For Two Dollars in Trade 2 0-0 hm 2 .00

VIRGINIA Richmond 720 (ex Unid 278) SUPER WASH 11204 PATTERSON AVE . (ANTIQUE CAR) E Bz 29 Sd Tuckahoe Village Shopping Center hh 3 .50

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A D STHEFARE-1 OC I 0 N ll) 4) X Manage v~ : Apna S Bo& Bu-ttert 131 EanOt 26th Street MinneapoU;7 MN55404-4402 (612) 871-4699 . Laiger ads Ads of up to 3 column inches in each ca[ago.ry are free to AVA members reach the mana- i or full page) must be sent to the Fare Box editor . Ads must month's gers by the FIFTH of the month of issue, or they vill be held for next Use i ssue . DO NOT 'Len the carne all, tin corv~e.ci .tn:ue •16'oU.e/a wtitlwu.t changing the woldttLg . address and the 2-4ette.. State abbreviation in your ad, as cell as your name, or in complete 9-digit zip code, thich can be found by looking at a previous ad, combined the AVA membership roster . Submit only one ad per cacagory, more kill be t.temt into . one ad, or held for next month's issue . Please, onty acbO tetattng W Gated tin p m o4 the Amzvtcan Veattwv5t Aooociction

W A VU A(close a 24 N$ aJ g 1,L1( Best offer over 2 .5X Catalo- Send 60C SASE for list of Special for newer members different foreign gue plus postage : [IN] 650- and beginning collectors . I over 600 C ; [KS] 450-C ;- [MA] 45-A ; TT's from 50 countries. have over 1200 different Bill Garrison [NH] 100-A ; ; [OH] 165-Q ; common transit tokens from 9505 Normandy Avenue [PA] 180-D. the USA & Canada for sale. Morton Grove IL John M . Hoffmann Mostly under $1 .00 each . 60053-1337- 8334 Heron Circle For 1'/2X catalogue value Ooltewah TN and better items up to 2X 37363-9794 =at catralogue : [ILL] 150-Z ; catalogue value . Purchase 1)55-A ; [OH] 605-A,- B, C ; $100 or more and get an [IA] 150-E . At % catalogue : IPA] 750-AY, Philadelphia, extra 1976 10% discount (one [NY] 505-A; 785-A, B ; 630- Bicentennial token . time only) . Satisfaction Struck in sterling silver, AO, AS, AT. guaranteed . Write or E-mail Joe Studebaker proof, in original Franklin for list : l ou8066@aol .com Mint holder . 2614 Legare Street Bill Weber Al Zaika Beaufort'SC 29902-5934 6758 KOA Drive p . 0 . Box 65 Newe Tripoli PA Bellmawr NJ 08099-0065 nvll~il W fcfGVJ6M 18066-2419 ICO] 260-V ; 600-A ; [FL) One lot of over 250 TT's. 380-D ; [IA] 150-E; [MO] The Edward Wadhams trans- Nice for the beginner . At 881-1 ; 910-Y; (NY] 780-B portation token collection . least 75 different . Want $20 (Ig& sm Itrs) ; [VA] 470-B ; 1,932 coins with a cata- or $10 off your trade list at 985-E. logue value of $1,601 .60. catalogue . Will take TT, CW Asking 1 or personal tokens . Or. make Joe Studebaker 1/2X catalogue, Price 2614 Legare Street is negotiable . For 38 page offer. Beaufort SC 29902-5934 list send $5 .00, 'For further Gilbert Vogel information call 302-655- 3314 Maple #2 [IL] 150-Q, good condition, 1605 or E-mail : Longview WA (610) 869-5854 . morr605560@aol .com 98632-3352 •. Robert Schottin Melvin R. Orr 735 W. State Road 197 Hollow Tree Ridge Wegst Grove, PA Road 19390-9401 Darien CT 06820-4022

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THERE ARE STILL SOME WI 700 D at $1 each +SASE, and WI 790 A at $15 each +SASE, for sale from the Scrog- gins collections . Proceeds go to THE FARE BOX fund . Order from the Editor in Boston . And if you still need the new 7-YEAR CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENT (110 pages) these are also available at $6 each postpaid .

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Let's trade. Have all AVA England celluloids for trade . Old US railroad and trans- types, and lots of varied no- Over 400 different. Write or portationtickets, passes and AVA tokens and exonumia . E-mail for trade/want lists . cash fare receipts . Mostly Want TT's . Send you listing Australian ferry tokens for pre-1930 . Trains, horse RR, and collecting interests . ,ode or sale:' Over 50 trolley, city railway, omni- John Ciecka different available . Also bus, stage, ferry, bridge, misc . world TT's for sale or 1540 Society Hill Dr . turnpike, etc. Bensalem PA 19020-3689 trade. Write or E-mail for Dan Benice these also . Iou8066@aol .com P. 0 . Box 5708 Have over 475 red OPA to- Bill Weber Cary NC 27512-5708 kens (no MV) and over 75 6758 LOA Drive New Tropoli PA blue (no WC or WH) . Will [CA] 50-B ; 630-D ; 640-A ; 18066-2419 trade for $20 off your trade 715-S, Y ; [CO] 140-C ; 280- list of TT or CW, or make B; 340-C ; 440-B, C ; 460-A, Will trade or sell TT's from offer. Also just got supply of B, D ; 640-A, B; 690-B; all other states beside CA or [WA] 880-P Transportation 760-G ; 860-E ; [FL] 880-G ; AK. Approx. all dif- tokens. Will trade for any 650-700 [NE] 660-A ; 820-A ; [IA] ferent plus 200 dupes. Send TT's I need regardless of 150-A, B ; [NM] 430-A ; 760- SASE for complete list . catalogue value . B, C, D; [OK] 330-E, F ; Gilbert Vogel Steve Rosenberg 700-C ; 800-A ; [WY] 100-M, 2391 Street 3314 Maple #2 "S" N ; 120-C, E . Good condi- Longview :VA Eureka CA 95501- tion . Call or write . 970-635- 98632-3352 9415. 1449 9AMIElip Ron Shearer Z5 TRAG, .U5&it 503 SW 42nd Street [MN] 30-D, E, F ; 60-C ; 70- D, E ; 100-C, E, F, G ; 150- Loveland CO 80537-1523 [MI] 285-C thru G, Ha, Hb, A ; 213-A, B ; 500-A, B ; la, Ib, Ja, K ; 265-C ; [FL) 900-B thru H ; [MO] 441-A, 590-B, C, D ; 740-A, B ; Need these New York 760-K, L ; 780-A; 855-A, B ; B ; 910'-1 . tokens:: 75-A, B, C ; 615-A, 960-C thru F ; [IA) 1000-A ; Joe Studebaker B, C ; 760-A, B, C . [IL] 980-U, V, Y, Z, AA . 2614 Legare Street Bill Gore Joe Studebaker Beaufort SC 29902-5934 14 Topaz Run 2614 Leagare Street Poughkeepsie NY Beaufort SC 29902-5934 12603-1038

TYPES OF THE NEW CORTLAND, NY, LISTINGS SIZES OF THE CIRCLES ON THE NEWLY LISTED TOKENS CAN BE CONFUSING

NY 160 G NY 160 H NY 160 I,3 NY 160 K

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IIIIIIIIIIII iiiil Illl .n111111111111111119i~91THEI " i . ..FARE...... nBOX A Monthly"" ew?-Letter for Transportation Token Collectors 11111111111111111IIIIIl11IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIm iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I I m illlllllllllllllllllllllllll NEW ISSUES EDITOR EDITOR 1111ROLD V . FORD J. ]a. COPPER, JR: 43 (Arroyo cPrive P. 0. Roz 1204 Moraga, California (Poston, 4jassachusetts 34556 02104 NOW Issues Service 8avertining Managers Wt LLIAM A. SOWELL ROBERT Mao R1w7 E3ttTEsElR 731 c4ast 26th Street . Box 1235 P. 0 (Minneapolis, Minnesota Cathedral City, California 55101 92235-1235

VOLUME 57, NUMBER 5 MAY 2003 OUR 671st ISSUE

E.D. £BERT Ernest Dean Ebert, A'A $893, of walnut Creek, California, joined us in 1966 . An inveterate collector of all sorts of things, E .D . was a delightful presence . I met him at a meeting of the Bay Area Token $society some years ago in walnut Creek . He died 111ay 1, at age 90 . 1 shall miss him.

May 27 . In addition to 'reporting the death of Mr . Ebert, I must report the death of one of my oldest friends . D . Meade Peebles was co-Editor with me of The Fare Box from January to August, 1949 . He and I were both present at the founding meeting of the AVA in New York City on October 31, 1948, when we were both 19 . I met him January 3, 1937, when we were both in the 2nd grade at John Eaton School in Washington, DC, and it was he who made me interested in streetcars, and then in January, 1943, he decided to collect streetcar tokens . So of course I joined him and began my own streetcar token collection . That was over 60 years ago! By 1949 he lost interest in tokens, but I didn't . He later became Advertising Manager of the Washington Post, and retired to Phoenix . He died early this month in a rest home . If one lives long enough, I guess, he ends up burying all his friends . Meade and I never stopped being friends . I shall miss him . He held #13 in the AVA, just one below my #14 . I am pleased to announce that over $2,900 has been added to The Fare Box account from sales of the tokens generously donated to us by Irwin Scroggins . Additional sales of the more common tokens should being in some more on top of that . Some interesting tokens have appeared lately on ebay . OH 730 A, the extremely rare hack token from Piqua, Ohio, had a top bid of only $51, but the token was so badly worn that $51 strikes me as plenty for it . Still, I suspect it went for more than that . Also TX 580 B in somewhat worn, but decent, condition had a bid of $153 or thereabouts, but I'm sure it will end up fetching much more . I think it is definitely time to rethink the maximum prices used in our catalogue, which are $100 for a metal rarity (more if it is odd-shaped or unusual), and $150 for a celluloid or vulcanite . It is apparent that 3x catalogue plus, is the going price . In the next (Sixth) edition, which is still a ways down the pike, I believe we should make the maximum price at least $300 . 1 hesitate to go too high because hoards are always coming on the market, and I just like to stay on the conservative side . But that $100 is just pl n ridiculous . M191W YYF.IWW free download from: www.vecturist.com ~ea~~Ima o.l. -

-Page 44- -May 2003- Cortland, NY, has issued lots of different tokens, and Karl Gabsch has learned how they are used . The large 43mm tokens were the first order . The blue ones are regular adult fares . The red ones are for children and disabled . The three different blues and reds, all smaller (38mm) tokens are orders Two, Three, and Four . Same usages as for the larger tokens . The yellow tokens are used only by senior citizens centers, given to the residents of the centers to go to and from the local grocery store, TOPS Market . The green tokens are handed out by the Department of Social Services . The dark green token is given only to disabled persons on the rolls of the Department of Social Services . The light green token is given to all other persons registered with the Department of Social Services . They have placed a new order for more tokens, and these may yet be more varieties for us . Stay tuned . I shall be heading out to California about July 1, so the next (June) issue will be mailed in about three weeks .

THE 12th NAVAL DISTRICT TOKEN : CA 760 I (REPRINTED FROM THE DECEMBER 1968 ISSUE OF THE FARE BOX) By Ken Hayes For a number of years a rarity has been sought in the tokens of the 12th Naval District, listed as CA 760 I . It would appear now that this token has joined the ranks of those "formerly rare" tokens that come and go in our collecting world . These tokens, it is now known, were used during World War II as fare payment for a ferry running between the Oakland Naval Supply Center, and Treasure Island Naval Base (which, geographically located in the middle of San Francisco Bay, is also located within the city limits of San Francisco .) Ever since transportation token collecting got started, collectors have sought these elusive tokens . The 12th Naval District headquarters in San Francisco had no knowledge of them . Nor did any of the officers or former users of them . They appeared to have disappeared . Then, suddenly last year, they reappeared beyind a Navy filing cabinet in one of the Navy's facilities commands . It was at this point that the effort was made to secure these tokens for collectors . At first the Navy was hesitant to release them, due to the fact that the token size is exactly that of a quarter . They were afraid that they would be used as slugs . However, the personnel at the installation, fol- lowing established procedure, shipped the tokens to the Surplus Property Disposal Officer for the District, and he was to have taken the necessary actions to dispose of these tokens . Nine months passed without any steps taken towards disposition of the 10,000 tokens . Then it was decided that the tokens would be retained by the Navy Depart- ment for use as souvenirs for ceremonial purposes . They would, therefore, be dis- tributed one at a time to official Navy visitors on such events as Navy Days, etc . Approximately 500 tokens were secured for collectors . In order to restrain their use as slugs, they have been set at a price of 25* for collectors . The negotiations for these tokens were doncuted by my Central Token Exchange Co .

NEW TOKEN FOR THE PARKER CAROUSEL AT BURNABY, BC A new carousel token has been reported for this carousel, similar to BC 250 B, but it lacks the notch, ( CE/NT~ . and it has a maker's mark (nothing else) on its 2 reverse . . It also has a toothed edge on both sides . GOOD A photograph of the obverse is to the right . m FOR ONE RIDE w ~FR CAR . ,: free download from: www.vecturist.com

-May 2003- -Page 45- TRANSPORTATION TOKEN COLLECTING IN THE 1980's By John Coffee

The decade of the 80's saw a number of innovations in our hobby . For one thing we moved to Canada for two of our conventions : Winnipeg in 1980, and Tor- onto in 1985, neither of which was I able to attend . But perhaps the most signif- icant improvement was the issuing of the newly named Atwood-Coffee Catalogue in 3 volumes : in 1982, 1984, and 1986 . A new edition of the magnificent 3rd edition of 1970 was badly needed, and so 12 years after the 3rd edition we produced Volume I of the new 4th edition, the entire copy of which was typed by me personally . It took a while . Then two years later I typed the entire Volume II, which for the first time incorporated enormous quantities of background information about the tokens and the entities that had issued them . This was really a first for any kind of tokens . As I recall, we printed 2,000 copies of each volume . Then in 1986 we published Volume III, which had been produced by Gene Godsoe . This very expensive pictorial catalogue of 946 pages was limited to only 1,000 copies . During this decade the collecting of AVA personal tokens was very popular and active, and hundreds of collectors issued these tokens . Originally intended only to be "calling card tokens" that were distributed free, this hobby ended up including very fancy and expensive medal type tokens that were sold for cash, and I think this tended to diminish interest in personal tokens . I believe we should only catalogue those that are given out free, which I have always done with mine, even those that cost me $3 apiece to produce . All this time we were still using an electric mimeograph machine to produce issues of The Fare Box . It was a good A .B . Dick machine that printed pages at the rate of 120 per minute . But when it misfed, which happened more and more often as the machine got older, it was an awful mess . When I mentioned mimeographing to some of my college students, they asked "What's a mimeograph machine?" Another kid answered, "It's a primitive kind of copying machine ." Which about sums it up, I guess . We did have an electronic stencil maker that allowed us to run pictures in the issues, but there was still be problem of the horrendous messes when the machine misfired . I finally gave up and decided to have a copying service produce the issues . It's more expensive, but not nearly so messy . Browsing back thru some of those old issues of The Fare Box from the 1980's I . am amazed at how fascinating they are . Three of my own favorites are my articles on the National City Lines and how they "bustituted" America in the 1930's and 1940's and were convicted in federal court for conspiracy for doing so ; and my article on Transportation Tokens Used on Cable Cars (May 1985) ; and my article explaining the use of those big early "Tacoma Transit Co ." tokens (January 1988) . In the early 1980's the magnificent collection of the late Frits Bingen was sold in Amsterdam, Holland, and realized far more than the auctioneer's own estimates . The collection realized a total of some $30,000 . Sixty-one German TT's alone fetched $3,400 . One of my best friends in the hobby was the late Dan DiMichael of Coatesville, PA . Dan decided to sell everything except his Pennsylvania collection, and then a few years later, in February 1986, he offered to sell me his Pennsylvania collec- tion . I added 30 census tokens to my collection from Pennsylvania, and acquired a bunch of rare duplicates which allowed me to swap for many more census tokens . My favorite acquisition : the Nanticoke Bridge token, PA 680 A, which I had been . chasing ever, since college when I visited Nanticoke in person . The late Ray Byrne had outbid everyone some years earlier when a 680 A was up for auction . He put a bid of $1,000 in for it, so of course he got it . So now I finally owned it, thanks to Dan! We lost our most famous member, Roland C . Atwood, on December 7, 1983 . In my tribute to Roland on page 3 of the January 1984 issue, I began this way :

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-Page 46- -May 2003- "He was the most famous collector of transportation tokens who ever lived, and he owned the largest collection of United States transportation tokens in the world . When we organized the American Vecturist Association on October 31, 1948, in Max Schwartz' office in New York City, Roland was given membership Number One . It never occurred to anyone that it would be otherwise ." And I concluded this way : "He lived life to the fullest, and by his presence he enriched the lives of most of the rest of us who knew him . A visit with Roland was fun! When he died on Decem- ber 7, he didn't have a cent left . He had been cared for by friends, a few of whom gathered at Forest Lawn for a memorial service . Bob Ritterband, Past President of the AVA, gave a brief eulogy . Roland would have liked that . He was among friends, right to the end ." Roland was 88 when he died, but we have preserved his name in our catalogue . During the decade of the 80's I made three round-trips by car across the coun- try, all in my 1976 Buick Regal . Each time I was accompanied by Harold Ford and his teenaged son Mark, and those trips were some of the best times of my life . In 1982 we discovered 6 new tokens being used in Decatur, IL . In 1983 we crossed Lake Champlain by ferry and saw the glories of Niagara Falls . In 1985 we visited the office of the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge in Nova Scotia and came away with a bunch of hard-to-get tokens, and visited a remote go-kart track in Brantford, Ontario, and picked up all of their still very difficult-to-obtain tokens . But so many of the hobby pioneers were departing the scene . We lost Ralph Freiberg in 1979, Roland Atwood in 1983, and many others were selling out and leaving the hobby . Late in the decade John Nicolosi, for years the Manager of the New Issues Service, moved from Oakland to Santa Cruz . In July, 1989, Hal Ford and I drove down to Santa Cruz to visit Nick, now living in a crowded trailer in a trailer park . We kind of hoped we could persuade him to sell us his collection, but we never could agree on a price . He ended up getting much more than we had been willing to offer. Our hobby was coming of age . The Old Guard were leaving the scene, lots of new rarities were being discovered, prices of rare tokens were going thru the roof, and the little "check-list" that Roland Atwood passed around in 1932, consisting of a few dozen pages, had grown to a huge 3-volume catalogue of well over 2,000 pages . And at the end of the decade, in a few more years The Fare Box would cele- brate its 50th Anniversary .

THE BENSON GARDENS JITNEY TOKEN ; NE 700 D [This article is reproduced from the December 1968 issue of The Fare Box] When Les Hawthorne obtained one of the very rare NE 700 D tokens he promptly set out to get some information about the line that had used the token . He found a Mr . Robert C . Hastings, a realtor, in Omaha, and Mr . Hastings wrote the following letter to Mr . Hawthorne about the tokens : "The jitney tokens were last used about 50 years ago and they were given gratis to potential buyers of acreage tracts in Benson Gardens, a large development platted by my father and grandfather . As a child I passed them out to friends in school . Our salesmen distributed them to attract interest in the development . These acreages were very popular during World War I . The jitneys were two Model 'T' Fords with side curtains, and were driven by salesmen . They took passengers from the end of the Benson streetcar line at 66th & Maple to 86th & Maple Street . Passengers living in the area could purchase the tokens from the driver for 5$J`or could get them free at our downtown office . I have always been under the impression they were made of a metal composition other than aluminum as we know it today . We have had scores of inquiries, such as yours, as to these tokens, but I have not seen one for 50 years and doubt if there are more than a few in the State of Nebraska ." The token is pictured on Page 338 of Volume II of our .catalogue .

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DEPOTELS OF ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA By Bob Phipps

There are no depotels listed in the catalogue for St . Cloud, Minnesota. However, John Coates issued at least two varieties . Both are rectangular, 51 X 30 mm, and printed on yellow cardstock. Both are shown at the end of this article.

John Coates was born in Lincolnshire, England on December 9, 1844, the son of James and Frances Hardy Coates. In 1849, the family, consisting of James and Frances and their seven children emigrated to the Unites States . James Coates died three weeks after leaving England with ten weeks left in the voyage to Mobile Bay . Frances and her seven Children disembarked at Mobile and went by rail to New Orleans where they boarded a river boat up the Mississippi to St. Louis. The river was frozen over when they were sixteen miles from St . Louis. They continued by train to St. Louis and remained there three months until the ice in the river melted. They continued by boat to Davenport, Iowa where they were met by an English friend, William Semper . Mrs. Coates bought some land in Davenport, had a house built, and then married William Semper a year later . In June of 1854 they moved to Big Spring, Minnesota .

At age 16, in 1862, John Coates tried to enlist in the Second Minnesota Sharpshooters but was refused. He then went to St. Cloud where he enlisted in Captain Ambrose Freeman's Cavalry. In 1863, he went to St . Cloud and remained there the rest of his life . He married Mary Orinda Hayward in St . Cloud about September 1870. They had seven children: Charles Ambrose, Harry Sheck, Frank Hayward, Arthur John, Florence M ., a daughter (name unknown), and Lucille .

He became a prominent businessman in St . Cloud. He was in the freighting business between St . Cloud and St. Paul and as far west and north as Fort Abercrombie and Winnepeg. He entered into a partnership with D . H. Freeman and established the Coates and Freeman Lumber Company. He later began a livery and transfer business in St . Cloud. He was assisted in the livery business by his sons, Frank and Henry . By age 76, he was widowed and living with his children and grandchildren . He died January 8, 1924 and was buried in the North Star Cemetery at St . Cloud.

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-Page 48- -May 2003- THE STORY OF THE FULTON, MO, DEPOTEL TOKENS By John Coffee No depotel tokens were known from Fulton before 1959 . In that year Harold Ford made a trip to Europe . In a coin shop in Copenhagen, Denmark, of all places, he found one : the token now listed as MO 350 D . Needless to say, that find much improved his outlook on life . Returning to the U .S .A . late that year .he stayed for a while with me in Boston, and then headed west . Wanting to learn more about his token he stopped in Fulton and secured publicity in the local newspaper . He also found Dan Tucker, the son of James Roy Tucker who had issued his token . Dan was now proprietor of a sporting goods store on Main Street . Dan gave Harold in- formation on the old hack line, and more to the point he also gave Harold one each of MO 350 A and 350 E . Of course Harold's mood was in the clouds after that . Har- old came away from Fulton assuming that there were no more depotel tokens left in Fulton . Harold wrote up the story of his visit in the November 1960 Fare Box . However, early in 1961 Roland Atwood--probably the most indefatigable token hunter in history--visited Dan Tucker in his store in Fulton, and Roland came away with the rare aluminum MO 350 B . Dan gave Roland two of them, asking Roland to give the second one to Hal Ford . Continuing east, Roland stayed with me on my couch in Boston and finally agreed to sell his collection to me and Hal Ford . That summer I headed west by rail, taking the train from Boston to New York, from New York to St . Louis, and from St . Louis I took an overcrowded train oper- ated by the old Norfolk & Western RR to Jefferson City . From Jefferson City I took a bus to Fulton, and visited Dan Tucker in his store, and he gave me one of the aluminum MO 350 B tokens, saying that was his last one, and he gave me a few of the MO 350 C's as well . They were not free . I believe I paid him $2 each . He also had a MO 200 B (Chillicothe) in with his dad's tokens, which he also let me have for $2 . I was in a very good mood that afternoon as I whiled away the time waiting for the bus back to Jefferson City . It was well over 100° as I recall, and humid . Returning by bus to Jefferson City, I spent the night in a hotel . I recall that evening I lay on the grass near the Governor's Mansion, just enjoying the view of the Missouri River and the peace and quiet of a midwestern evening . Next day I took another NEW train to Kansas City, where I boarded the Santa Fe RR's "San Francisco Chief ." Harold met my train in California, and we proceeded to split up the Atwood collection . It was a very good summer . Then in the summer of 1964 I drove across the country in my enormous 1960 Lincoln (it was a good two feet longer than my present Lincoln) and of course I had to visit Fulton again and see if I could talk Dan Tucker out of any more of his dad's tokens . As he no longer owned the sporting goods store, I drove to his home only to find nobody at home . But as I sat in my car in the 104° heat wondering what to do next, Mrs . Tucker and her 12-year-old son drove up in her new air-conditioned Oldsmobile . Explaining my errand to her, she answered "Why Dan's out working the farm in the tractor ." She then drove me in her nice cool Oldsmobile some 3 miles out to Dan's farm, where he was way out in the middle of a field driving his tractor . She and I walked over toward him, he stopped, and as the tractor was idling, thumpa, thumpa, thumpa, I shouted over the noise that I wanted some more of his tokens . After some hesitation he told his wife "You can let him have ten tokens out of that jar, but only ten and get $3 each for them ." So back we went to his house, she pulled out the jar that must have had over 40 brass MO 350 C and D tokens, and counted out ten of them for me . I paid her $30, and off I went in the Lincoln, heading on to California . And that is why the brass Fulton depotels are not especially scarce . I never did get the fibre MO 350 E . As I understand it, old Mr . Tucker had the fibre tokens made about 1917 . He wanted a token that wouldn't hold up, so that if a drummer forgot to use it, it would deteriorate before long and it wouldn't be used on subsequent visits . Perhaps this was the reasoning behind most of those round fibre depotel tokens from the dozens of other hack lines that used them .

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-May 2003- -Page 49- MAY SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford

MISSOURI Moberly 600 (Reported by Shane Cornell) MOB ERLY/BUS/LINE C o B 19 Sd Full/l/Fare $100 .00

OHIO Cleveland 175 (Reported by Larry Kemper) BROOKLYN/LINE/ONE FARE AGo Ce 22 Sd (same as obverse) 150 .00

RHODE ISLAND Newport Bridge 521 (Reported by Bob Hewey) RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY /(BRIDGE) J B 28 Sd Claiborne Pell Bridge/United We Stand/USA/2001/RwM (small hub) (all incuse on both sides) (* 2001) 1 .00

UNIDENTIFIED (Reported by Al Vinegar) PROF ./FLAVIO SILVA 279 A Oc Sd Good For/One Ride/5< (22mm) ***** NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD The Moberly, MO 600 C listing is vintage of 1920's to 1930's, like 600 B . Both 600 B and C have the same reverse die . Larry Kemper reports a golden oldie from Cleveland, Ohio . Note OH 175 K P and R are also black cells . Perhaps for special use? The Newport, RI 521 J bridge token seems to be a special low mintage issue struck as a result of 9/11 . The local authority as of this dates reports that very few specimens are in inventory . So this one is doubtful for the N .I .S . Unidentified 279 is like Unid . 109, but is octagonal . These two may be from Las Vegas, NM, but we lack definite proof . Bob Phipps reports an interesting early 20th Century die work aluminum 29mm scalloped : TRANSFER / B .B . / R .W .L . // (blank reverse) . Any ideas on how or where this was used? Alex Zimmerman reports an interesting plastic : Pi 32 Sd with black lettering : STATE FAIR OF TEXAS / SWISS SKY RIDE / RETURN / TRIP / TOKEN // TO BE REDEEMED AT TAKE OFF POINT FOR RETURN TRIP / NOT / REDEEMABLE / FOR / CASH . Ed Vogel reports one that might be listable if we had some background informa- tion : FUNTASIA / GO KART / rwm / (CASTLE) // THIS IS / MY / LUCKY / DAY / (2 SHAMROCKS) The token of WM 25 Sd .

CORRECTIONS TO THE SEVEN-YEAR SUPPLEMENT Bill Boncek noted three minor mistakes in the booklet : I IN 180 L - should be 34mm, not 32mm . KY 680 T - add (blue printing) MI 880 A,B - the date established on the token should be 1858, not "1856" . The date is so tiny that it's a bit difficult to tell the difference .

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-Page 50- -May 2003- SUPPLEMENT #22 TO CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICA BY HAROLD V . FORD SECOND EDITION

ARIZONA Phoenix 640 32nd STREET CARWASH AE Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back hm .50

CALIFORNIA San Jose 775 (ex Unid 429) DON'S AUTO WASH NO CASH VALUE (STARS) J o Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car) 3 .50

KENTUCKY Lexington 480 boo JEFF'S CAR WASH ALWAYS THE BEST E B 27 Sd Carwash Token No Cash Value $1= (llmm alum center) (reeded edge) 1 .00

MARYLAND Charlotte Hall 270 (ex Unid 123 ;& 124 plus new one) BURCHOIL A o B 29 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash. Value VB (crown) 1 .50 BURCHOIL NO CASH VALUE B Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token c (antique car) (ACb) 1 .50 C B 25 Sd " " " " " " 1 .50

MINNESOTA Grand Rapids 350 RAPIDS AUTO WASH GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA 1 SOFT TOUCH WASH B Bz 29 Sd Automatic Car Wash Token hh (antique car) 6 .00 C Bz 29 Sd Automatic Car Wash Token hh (antique car) (WM-plated) 6 .00 (350 B is sold via dispenser, 350 C is sold to automobile dealers)

Minneapolis 540 WASH ME r SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 612-333-WASH M B 25 Sd (same as obv .) (8mm stainless steel center) 2 .00

Sleepy Eye 810 (ex Unid 403) SLEEPY EYE CAR WASH 600 MAIN STREET EAST SECW A B 29 Sd Automatic Car Wash Token hh (antique car) 5 .50

MISSOURI Arnold 15 COLINS CARWASH ARNOLD,MO $1 =0 WM 27 Rd Carwash Token No Cash Value .No Refunds $1 °O ( reeded edge) 1 .00

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque 40 ROBERTS OIL CO . CAR WASH 3700 C o B 25 Sd Carwash Token (antique car) 7 .50

Additions & Corrections CA 860 A rev . mintmark s/b hh, not hm IL 780 C obv . add (EAGLE & U .S . FLAG) IA 470 B obv . correct spelling INDIANOLA, not INDIANAOLA MN 400 B rev . mintmark s/b hm, not hh

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WISCONSIN Medford 470 CLASSIC CAR WASH MEDFORD, WI HYDRO-SPRAY (CARTOON AUTO) A Bz 29 Sd Classic Car Wash For Touchless Automatic Wash Classic Car Wash Token hm 3 .00

Milton 505 "THE" CAR WASH GOOD FOR ONE -TURBO WASH- (BRUSHLESS AUTOMATIC) MILTON, WISCONSIN B B 29 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hh 5 .00

WYOMING Afton 10 CAR WASH EXPRESS AFTON & THAYNE WYOMING B Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back bm .50

Cheyenne 120 (ex Unid 550 & new one) MAGIC CAR WASH 220 W . CARLSON (LOGO) A B 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) .50 B A 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) (anodized blue) 3 .50

UNIDENTIFIED ALL SEASONS CAR WASH (SUDSY CARTOON CAR) 555 Bz 27 Sd Automatic Wash One 1 hut CLASSIC POWER WASH (ANTIQUE CAR) 556 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back DRIVE & SHINE CAR WASH DRIVF9o & bmSHINE (AUTO) 557 Bz 27 Sd Drive & Shine Car Wash 1 EQUAL TO ONE DOLLAR AT HENDRIX CAR WASH 1 NON REFUNDABLE 558 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car) EXPRESS LANE GOOD FOR ONE SELF SERVICE CYCLE NO CASH VALUE 559 Bz 29 Sd Carwash Token Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back hh FINISH LINE NON REFUNDABLE NO CASH VALUE hm 560 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car) GRAND CICERO CAR WASH (CARTOON AUTO) 561 Bz 25 Sd Wash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value SAVE A STOP CAR WASH 562 Bz 25 Sd Good For One Self Service Cycle No Cash Value One 1 hm ("0" in "STOP" is a solid octagonal) SHADY GROVE CAR WASH rwm (TWO TREES)' 563 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token rwm (antique car) SQUEEKY CLEAN CAR WASH (MOUSE holding BRUSH) 564 Bz 27 Sd Non Refundable No Cash Value One 1 hm STAR CAR WASH TAKE ME OUT TO THE CARWASH (STAR on 11mm alum center) 565 Bz 27 Sd Good For Wash*Vacuum*Vending $10= (on 11mm alum center) (reeded edge) SUZY Q's CAR WASH TOUCH FREE AUTOMATIC 566 Bz 25 Sd (cartoon auto facing left) (stars) WES'S CAR WASH 567 Bz 27 Sd Carwash Token bm (antique car) LUSTER CAR WASHES (STARS) 568 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back hm

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I All bids must be postmarked no later than June 30th . 2 Minimum bid is $ .85 and bids under Catalogue value will not be considered . 3 Please bid by Lot # . 4 Successful bidders are responsible for postage and insurance and must remit payment prior to shipment. 5 Please submit bids using one of the following methods : M ail : Kar l Gabsch, 2820 Scenic Meadow St., Waldorf, Md . 20603 Phone : (301) 843-3898 E-mail : kgabsc h©hotmail .co m

Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot 1 PA 85 A 50 PA 780 A 99 TX 445 AI 148 WA 880 A 197 UNID 111 246 CWCST 150 A 295 MSCWT 41 8 2 PA 85 B 51 PA 797 A too TX 545 A 149 WA 920 A 198 UNID 113 247 CWCST 150 8 296 MSCWT 50 A 3 PA 98 A 52 PA 805 A 101 TX 623 A 150 WV 290 A 199 UNID 115 248 CWCST 150 C 297 MSCWT 60 A 4 PA 98 B 53 PA 807 A 102 TX 765 B 151 WV 660 A 200 UNID 118 249 CWCST 160 B 298 MSCWT 80 A 5 PA 125 C 54 PA 845 A 103 TX 810 D 152 WV 830 A 201 UNID 119 250 CWCST 160 D 299 TMST 10 Bb 6 PA 142 A 55 PA 855 A 104 TX 830 A 153 WV 890 A 202 UNID 127 251 CWCST 177 B 300 TMST 10 Fb 7 PA 150 A 56 PA 863 A 105 TX 945 A 154 WI 15 A 203 UNID 128 252 CWCST 180 A 301 TMST 10 Ga 8 PA 293 A 57 PA 863 D toe TX 987 8 155 WI 60 A 204 UNID 131 253 CWCST 180 B 302 TMST 10 Ha 9 PA 293 B 58 PA 890 A 107 TX 990 A 156 WI 108 A 205 UNID 135 254 CWCST 180 C 303 TMST 10 Mb 10 PA 320 A 59 PA 955 A 108 UT 25 A 157 WI 120 A 206 UNID 139 255 CWCST 181 A 304 TMST 10 Pa 11 PA 320 B 60 PA 958 B 109 UT 150 A 158 WI 155 B 207 UNID 141 256 CWCST 190 B 305 TMST 10 Qb 12 PA 320 D 61 PA 958 C 110 UT 360 A 159 WI 200 A 208 UNID 144 257 CWCST 190 D 306 TMST 10 R 13 PA 320E 62 PA 982 A 111 UT 360 B 160 WI 215 A 209 UNID 146 258 CWCST 190E 307 TMST 10 T 14 PA 320 F 63 PA 985 A 112 UT 485 A 161 WI 280 B 210 UNID 148 259 CWCST 200 B 308 TMST 10 U 15 PA 320 G 84 PA 992 A 113 UT 525 B 162 WI 300 A 211 UNID 151 260 CWCST 200 D 309 TMST 10 Wb 16 PA 320 H 65 PA 993 A 114 UT 570 A 163 WI 450 A 212 UNID 152 261 CWCST 200 G 310 TMST 10 Ya 17 PA 323 A 66 PA 995 A 115 UT 650 A 164 WI 500 A 213 UNID 161 262 CWCST 210 A 311 TMST 10 AB 18 PA 335 C 67 SC 240D 11e UT 650 B 165 WI 540 A 214 UNID 181 263 CWCST 210 B 312 TMST 10 ACb 19 PA 358 B 68 SC 675 A 117 UT 650 C 166 WI 565 A 215 UNID 184 264 CWCST 210 C 313 TMST 10 ADb 20 PA 403 A 69 TN 120 A 118 UT 650 E 167 WI 700 A 216 UNID 189 265 CWCST 230 A 314 TMST 20 C 21 PA 417 A 70 TN 260 A 119 UT 685 A 168 WI 775 A 217 UNID 190 266 CWCST 270 A 315 TMST 20 D 22 PA 448 C 71 TN 700 A 120 UT 750 A 1e9 WI 780 A 218 UNID 192 267 CWCST 271 A 316 TMST 20 F 23 PA 455 A 72 TX 215 A 121 UT 750 B 170 WI 880 A 219 UNID 200 268 CWCST 271 B 317 TMST 201 24 PA 455 B 73 TX 215 B 122 UT 750 C 171 W1930 A 220 UNID 211 269 CWCST 271 C 318 TMST 20 J 25 PA 455 D 74 TX 215 C 123 UT 750 0 172 WI 952 A 221 UNID 236 270 CWCST 280 A 319 TMST 20 L 26 PA 455 E 75 TX 215 D 124 UT 750 E 173 WI 985 A 222 UNID 268 271 CWCST 280 8 32o TMST 20 0 27 PA 455 F 76 TX 320 B 125 UT 750 J 174 WY 300 A 223 UNID 269 272 CWCST 280 D 321 TMST 20 P 28 PA 455 G 77 TX 402 B 126 UT 760 A 175 WY 450 A 224 UNID 281 273 CWCST 280 F 322 TMST 20 S 29 PA 455 H 78 TX 445 H 127 UT 850 A 176 WY 810 A 225 UNID 284 274 CWCST 280 G 323 TMST 20 U 30 PA 455 1 79 TX 4451 128 UT 860 A 177 UNID 8 226 UNID 291 275 CWCST 280 H 324 TMST 20 V 31 PA 455 J 90 TX 445 K 129 UT 900 A 178 UNID 15 227 UNID 521 276 CWCST 2801 325 TMST 20 Y 32 PA 455 K 81 TX 445 L 130 VA 160 C 179 UNID 16 228 CWCST 10 8 277 CWCST 280 K 326 TMST 30 A 33 PA 455 L 82 TX 445 M 131 VA 160 D 18o UNID 41 229 CWCST 20 AS 278 CWCST 280 L 327 TMST 30 D 34 PA 455 M 83 TX 445 N 132 VA 160 F 181 UNID 57 23o CWCST 20 Ab 279 CWCST 280 M 328 TMST 30 E 35 PA 485 A 84 TX 445 0 133 VA 160 G 182 UNID 58 231 CWCST 20 Ac 280 CWCST 281 M 329 TMST 30 H 36 PA 485 B 85 TX 445 Q 134 VA 190 A 183 UNID 66 232 CWCST 40 A 281 CWCST 320 B 330 TMST 30 J 37 PA 497 A 86 TX 445 R 135 VA 190 B 184 UNID 68 233 CWCST 50 B 282 CWCST 330 A 331 TMST 30 L 38 PA 522 A 87 TX 445 Ub 136 VA 440 A 185 UNID 80 234 CWCST 60 A 283 CWCST 350 A 332 TMST 40 A 39 PA 525 A 88 TX 445 Va 137 VA 440 B 186 UNID 86 235 CWCST 70 A 284 CWCST 360 A 333 TMST 40 E 40 PA 525 B 89 TX 445 Vb 138 VA 720 As 187 UNID 87 236 CWCST 90 A 285 CWCST 360 C 334 TMST 50 C 41 PA 602 A 90 TX 445 W 139 VA 720 Ab 188 UNID 89 237 CWCST 90 B 286 CWCST 390 B 335 TMST 50 L 42 PA 602 8 91 TX 445 X 140 VA 720 C 189 UNID 91 238 CWCST 90 C 287 MSCWT 30 A 336 TMST 60 A 43 PA 700 A 92 TX 445 Y 141 VA 730 A 19o UNID 93 239 CWCST 90 D 288 MSCWT 40 A 337 TMST 70 A 44 PA 705 A 93 TX 445 Z 142 WA 20 A 191 UNID 96 240 CWCST 101 B 289 MSCWT 40 Ba 338 TMST 70 C 45 PA 705 8 94 TX 445 AA 143 WA 120 A 192 UNID 99 241 CWCST 111 A 290 MSCWT 40 Bb 339 TMST 75 F 46 PA 725 A 95 TX 445 AB 144 WA 630 A 193 UNID 102 242 CWCST 111 B 291 MSCWT 40 E 340 TMST 80 B 47 PA 750 B 96 TX 445 AC 145 WA 670 A 194 UNID 107 243 CWCST 111 C 292 MSCWT 40 F 341 TMST 80 E 48 PA 757 A 97 TX 445 AF 146 WA 780 Ca 195 UNID 108 244 CWCST 111 G 293 MSCWT 40 G 342 TMST 80 H 49 PA 773 A 98 TX 445 AG 147 WA 780 Cb 196 UNID 110 245 CWCST 120 Ab 294 MSCWT 41 A TMST 90 A

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A D STfARE) O T I 0 N

Manage/v3 : A1tta E Bob Butte I 871-4699 731 Etv5t4 26th Street MinneapoU6 MN 55404-4402 (612) Ads of up to 3 column inches in each catagory are free to AVA members . Larger ads . Ads must reach the mana- ! ;, S or full page) must be sent to the Fare Box editor gers, by the FIFTH of the month of issue, or they will be held for next month's i ssue . DO NOT uun the oamc ad in corvlecutLue moue's wWwut changcng the wo'zUng . Use address and the r2-1ette4 State abbreviation in your ad, as well as your name, complete 9-digit zip code, which can be found by looking at a previous ad, or in combined [he AVA membership roster . submit only one ad per catagory, more will be into one ad, or held for next month's issue . Please, only cuk tielating to ttetnn Gated in p n4 o$ the American U ,ettvvU~C AMOociation

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All [OH] starting bids shown : [WV j 3590-A ; 1WIJ 330-i ; At 2X catalogue plus post- 10-A (9 .85), B (1 .5mm 3360-Aa, Ac, Ad ; 3410-Ha, age: [CO] 110-L ; [FL] 130- 5.40), E (9 .00), K (15 .25), M I, K, L ; 3510-C, Q, R, AK, 8, D ; 910-L ; [IA) 800-B ; (7.25), N (17 .40): 15-B AL, AY, BC, BF., BG ; Bib, (KS) 970-G ; [MI] 5-L ; N, 0, (18_00),_ F_(3.50), H (3.70) ; BJ, BK, BO, BS, BZ, CC ; P ; 495-B ; 785-E, - F ; [MN] 3700-B ; 3850-1Ba, C, D; 120-B, C; 177-A; 380-B ; 35-C (7 .00) : 95-Ab (18 .10) ; 3890-A ; 3930-D, E ; 3980- 460-E;_[NY] 160-E ; .F ; [OH] 115-A (5.75) ; 125-Ba Aa . I'm willing to buy or .435-B ; 550-A, B ; 915-H ; (1 .5mm 31 .15) ; 165-G trade for any PT that I don't [I?Al "'615-N ; [I XI 255-W ; (14 .00), a (10.10), R al4ready have. Phone:" 937- [WI] 915-A, B, C; [WYj 120- (5 .05),T (15.90) ; 166-Aa 254-2661 . Q . chuckb@vh .net (26.00) ; 175-W (8.40), Xa Irwin Rueben Chuck Benjamin (11 .40), Z (5.10), AF (2 .50 1319 Epworth Avenue 42 Kingwood Drive no hole) ;230-M (3.20), V Dayton OH 45410-2615 Poughkeepsie NY (BU 15.25) ; AG (6 .10) ; 245- 12601-5405 B (BU 3 .45) ; 380-C (5 .20), G (3.30) . 60 different transit tokens Gene Hurford 24S S&6LIE $15.00 : 1 roll of 40 [IN] Court 1527 Tulip 192 Australian metal rail- 460-D, R, T, U, V, W mixed Longmont CO 80501-2454 road passes, early 1900's to $4.00 . 10 rolls $33 .00. All early 1970's, from Queens- prices prepaid . E-mail : (OH] 435-A (8), Ba (48), Bb land, New South Wales, and rcjl@prodigy .net (48), C (150), D (77) . Add Victoria . $750.Q0 for all, Richard Czachur . postage and insurance . postpaid. These from the Les 411 Ziegler Street (Numbers in parentheses Hawthorne collection . About . Dupont PA 18641-1925 equal number of trokens 170 different with namesf available) . and numbers of stations. 100 mixed transit tokens Freeman Larry (310--836-2482). $15. 50 different transit 6500 Ely Vista Drive Alpert tokens $20. All post paid. Parma ON 44129-6149 Stephen P. 0 . Box 66331 James Vander Helm Los Angeles CA 18618 Birch Avenue 90066-0331 Akron IA 51001-8827

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(1) Elongated chrome-plated An offer you can't refuse. A Will pay twice catalogue for Fare Box, over 50 yrs . old . bargain. two ror one . SAend the following tokens : [AL] Mounting hinge with brass me 1 to 30 different TT's 240-A or B ; 820--A ; [AR] coin holder . Have a key, but and I will send you two for 190-A ; 405-B ; [CA] 875-A ; it needs loosening up . Write one, 2 to 60 TT's of My [CT] 415-A ; 525-B, C, D, E ; for further detail and price . choice.There will be no more [FL] 250-A ; [ID] 180-B ; [IL] (2) Books of Twin Cities than 5 duplicates sent to 110-A ; 155-B; 545=A ; 605- Motor Transit Child Ride and you . A free gift . will be C ; 740-A ; 770-A ; 905-A ; Transfer tickets . $2.25 each included. Send $2.50 for [IN] 200=Cri "IA' 510=B,C, plus SASE. (3) 1909 postage with your order . E- D, E ; 910-A ;[MEJ 930-A ; calendar and memo booklet, mail schoolbusben@cs .co m [MD] 550-A,B, C ; [MAI 645- Benton Transfer Co ., Benton "School Bus" Bem A,B ; [MN] 110-C ; 290- Harbor MI . $3 plus SASE . 216 Hampton Road B ;[MO] 870-A ;[MT] 100-A ; school busbenCcDcs .com Ben ton Harbor MI [NE] 660-A ; [NV] 520-A ; "School Bus" Ben 49022-5924 [NJ] 470-A ; [NM] 100-B, C ; 216 Hampton Road 810-A, B, C, D. 1111, Walter L . Greeson Benton Harbor MI 40 MAMIE 49022-5924 6011 Cornell Street Michigan TT's. Send list, Amarillo TX 71909-6601 price, etc . E-mail: [IN] 90-A $$2.75) ; IOHI Watch fobs depcting ship. 175-W ($8), X ($9), 435-A, school busbenCa)cs.com a "School Bus". Ben Also any with a coin or ba, tsu, u, u ($b ; . All post token encased. paid, insurance extra 750, 216 Hampton Road Anything Benton Harbor 141 concatenated order of Hoo Also [OH] 660-F ($3). 49022-5924 Hoo with a . cat and a tail of Larry Freeman "9" . Have many good tokens 6500 Ely Vista Drive Paying full catalogue for all to trade, or cash . Parma OH 44129-6149 Larry Freeman Sioux City IA transit tokens . Ely Vsta Drive Write with 6500 a7), offers. TJ; i','c James Vander Helm Parma OH 44129-6149 For tokens or cash: My 18618 Birch Avenue personal set of strap type Akron IA 51001-8827 watch fobs. [OH] 435-A, Ba, Bb, C, D. Encased in aluminum with straps. $27 .00 ADS IN THE FARE BOX ARE FREE TO AVA MEMBERS post paid. Singles available . Larry Freeman UP TO 3 COLUMN INCHES IN EACH CATEGORY 6500 Ely Vista Drive SEND ADS DIRECTLY TO THE ADVERTISING MANAGERS Parma OH 44129-6149

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP 3138 RICHARD C . DYKSTRA - 3813 E . 24th St . - Sioux Falls, SD 57103 Age 65 ; Retired . Collects U .S . (605-334-2658) (Reznick) 3139 BILL NASH - 1160 Via Ixtapa - Corona, CA 92882 Sales . Collects U .S ., Canada, Civil War, Powder, Coal Mine . (Schneider) 3140 GILBERTO GODOY - 1300 Donner Ave . - San Francisco, CA 94124-3613 Age 70 ; Metal Worker . Collects U .S . (415-822-5696)(Hal Ford) CHANGE OF ADDRESS 1284 David F . Burnette - P .O . Box 445 - Newport, North Carolina 28570-0445 3081 Charles Hodder - .117 12th Avenue, Apt . A - Seattle, Washington 98122 (206-652-0841) AS OF 6/29/03 291 Robert . R . Kelley - 2741 Cheyenne Road - Sebring, FL 33875 (863-385-0442) 2777 Martin Whitten - 3118 Greenleaves Drive - Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130

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NEW ISSUES EDITOR EDITOR )1HROIiD V . FORD ,/i . J J. COPPER,1'R: , 43 4rroyo rive R. Q. (pox 1204 Moraga, ccalifornia (4oston, Massachusetts 94556 02104

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VOLUME 57, NUMBER 6 JUNE 2003 OUR 672nd ISSUE

Until July 29, address mail for The Fare Box to : JOHN M . COFFEE - c/o HAROLD V . FORD - 43 ARROYO DRIVE - MORAGA, CALIFORNIA 94556

IRWIN C. $CROGGIN$ Irwin $craggins, ADA 362, of Milwaukee, jained the ADA in 1961 . Far Bears an Auditor for the Milwaukee Electric RailwaB & Light Co ., Irwin was able aver the gears to accu- mulate lots of alder Wisconsin tokens . Just this gear he donated his entire cailec- tian to the AVA, which in sales realizeb aver $3,000 far us, and made lots of scarce '-takens available to Our members at verB reasonable prices . A hind and wonderful man, he died Wag 14 at age 91, survived bB his wife LaDerne, a brother, two sons and a daughter, 9 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, lots of nephews, and hundreds of friends in the ADA who will he saddened bB the loss of a dear friend and generous soul, but warmed hB the memorB of someone who enriched so manB lives .

June 21 . I shall be leaving for California about July 2, so please address mail for The Fare Box to me in care of Harold Ford, as always . I'll be there thru July . I just picked up my brand new 2003 Lincoln Town Car for the trip, tan instead of black or white, this time . The AVA Convention will be held August 7-10 at the Adams Mark Hotel at 120 Church Street in Buffalo, NY . This is one of the best hotels in Buffalo, and Joel has a great program planned out for us . Conventions are a very special part of the hobby for AVA members, and if you have never attended one you have a wonderful time in store . Transportation token collectors are the friendliest people in the world, and our conventions are a chance to meet lots of them and pick up some good tokens as well . I hope to see lots of you there . Make your own reservations with the hotel at 716-845-5116 . Tell them you are with the AVA to get the special reduced room rate which is $89 single or double . Registration for the Convention, which includes the tour, the special tour token, the banquet and everything else, will remain $65 thru July 20 . Ordinarily the low $65 early bird registration stops at June 30 and goes up to $80, but I asked Joel to keep it at $65 thru July 20 and he agreed . After July 20 it goes up to $80 . So send your registration to Joel Reznick at P .O . Box 116 - Wheeling, IL 60090-0116 . The Adams Mark Hotel is right in downtown Buffalo . Take 1-190, the Niagara Section of the New York State Thruway, and get off at exit 7 .

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-Page 56- -June 2003- OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION President John M . Hoffman - 8334 Heron Circle - Ooltewah, Tennessee 37363 Vice-President William A . Sowell - P .O. Box 1235 - Cathedral City, California 92235-1235 Secretary Karl E . Gabsch - 2820 Scenic Meadow - Waldorf, Maryland 20603 Treasurer Joel J . Reznick - 116 Meyerson Way - Wheeling, Illinois 60090 Curator Keith M . Haney - 4614 Stonegate Way, Corpus Christi, Texas 78411-4829 Past President William G . Garrison - 9505 Normandy Avenue - Morton Grove, Illinois 60053-1337 The above, and the Editor of The Fare Box, constitute the Executive Board

Jerry Kelly reports a woodnik from his home town, Paducah, KY . The token is Wb 38 Sd "WOODEN NICKEL DAY / (BUS with PATS on front) / PADUCAH AREA / TRANSIT / SYSTEM // Wooden / (buffalo) / Nickel" At first I didn't think it was listable as it does not specifically state that it's good for a ride, but on reflection and talking it over with Hal Ford we decided that "wooden nickel day" was enough to qualify it for listing, as it continues to be used as a fare on certain days, speci- fically the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and about one day a month . Jerry said he thought he could secure a supply for our New Issues Service . There's a new token in use in Ann Arbor, MI . Same wording as MI 40 E, but the new one is 16mm and brass . Ann Arbor has cooperated in the past so we think we can get a supply for the New Issues Service . From Charleston, WA, we have a rare 19mm aluminum token listed with "Good For One Fare" on one side, and "Charleston Navy Yard R .G . Purves" on the other side . We've found an R .G . Purves in local city directories . This month Tony Chib- baro reports a token with the same die obverse, but "Good For / 5C / In Trade" on the reverse . Tony thought it was Charleston, SC, but we have proven that Purves was in the Charleston area . But Purves operated an intercity bus . A 5C token does not fit that kind of service, so this must have been for something else . Interesting mystery there . Yosef Sa'ar reports finding an "Internet Booksellers' Catalogue" on the internet . They are offering our 1958 Atwood's Catalogue in "near fine" condition for $45 .00, and our 1963 Atwood's Catalogue, also in "near fine" condition, for $55 .00 . I wonder if there were any takers . Pictured below are photos of obverse & reverse of a newly discovered old jitney token reported by Lou Sutton, a former AVA member . The token, he says, "was found in the Valley of Virginia with other VA & WV tokens ." We have no idea where it was used, but it looks like 1920s to 1930s vintage . A real nice one just because it has "jitney" on it . How many other tokens do we have listed with "jitney" on them? I can think of KY 10 D and E . The aluminum is scarce ; the brass is rare . Then we have the very rare TX 320 A from El Paso, but with spelling "jitne" on it, and a couple of very common modern ones, NJ 20 G and H . The photos are enlargements .

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-June 2003- -Page 57- EARLY CAROUSEL TOKENS By John Coffee

In the last decade or so we've seen a huge number of carousel tokens being is- sued . There has been a sudden renewed interest in these merry-go-rounds, as they " always used to be called . I wish someone would make a list of modern carousel tokens so we could run it in The Fare Box . In addition to the ones we list, which must contain wording specifically stating they are good for rides, there are dozens of others also presumably good for rides but which we don't list because they don't contain the necessary wording . Modern carousel tokens are for the most part easily obtainable by collectors and most of them have been distributed by our New Issues Service . But the old ones, those issued before World War II--i .e ., those over 60 years old--are for the most part very rare . Most of the old ones, although not all of them, use "merry-go-round" instead of "carousel" on the token . Here is a list of all of the old carousel tokens that we know about . I believe it's complete, but I may have missed a couple : CA 445 A, 760 A B C ; IL 545 B ; KY 510 BU ; LA 670 I J ; MN 360 A B ; MT 140 G H I J K ; NJ 20 A B C J, 290 E (see description below) ; PA 20 A, 750 AV ; RI 700 A ; WI 245 A ; Unidentified 62,87,101,102,151,222,224,276,277 ; Ontario 400 G . For some reason, NJ 290 E was omitted from the 5th Edition of our Catalogue, and was not put in the Supplements . So the following should be added to your Catalogue :

NEW JERSEY Gloucester 290 CAROUSSELL ONE RIDE [in incuse letters] E B 24 Sd (blank) $75 .00 Notice the spelling : "caroussell ." There have been a number of variations in the spel- ling of the word . My 1922 dictionary gives only "carrousel," derived it says from the Italian "carosello ." My more modern dictionary gives both "carrousel" and "carous- e l ." In the pursuit of simplicity, which should always be encouraged in language, I prefer "carousel," which seems to be almost universal today . In addition to merry-go-rounds, carousels include anything that goes around, so little airplanes on cables that fly around a central pole would be carousels . Such devices like those that used NJ 20 A and B are not merry-go-rounds, but they are carousels . I own most of these tokens . Probably my favorite is CA 445 A with its "Meet Me At The Merry Go Round" on the reverse . Unfortunately my specimen is a real dog, obviously dug after years of interment in salty soil . The most beautiful, I believe, because of its clean simple design, is RI 700 A with its man riding a horse . This one is barely scarce, some quantities having been uncovered about 20 years back . The token was also restruck, or copied, as indicated in our catalogue . This carousel, incidentally, is still going strong in Crescent Park . But the three San Franciscos are also beauties, and the merry-go-round is still out there in Golden Gate Park . Two of the three are scarce, and the 760 C is down- right rare . One of them fetched $190 at a recent AVA Convention Auction . Some of the Unidentified carousel tokens pose a real challenge . The "E . Emigh" tokens (#101,102) were found together, about 7 or 8 sets as I recall, I believe by David Schenkman some 20 years ago . It will probably only be by accident that we ever learn where these were used . Probably the most valuable would be PA 750 AV, which is an old shellcard mirror . David Schenkman and I drove up to Pennsylvania some 20 or so years ago, and we 'oured a bunch of flea markets . David's eyes are much sharper than mine, and he -found this mirror, priced at $20 . He bargained the lady down to $17 . I suspect it would fetch $250 to $300 in auction today if it were offered . . . which it won't be any time soon . I believe there's only one of them known . The one David found .

free download from: www.vecturist.com -Page 58- -June 2003- A DEPOTEL FOR OKMULGEE By Bob Phipps The Catalogue shows no tokens for Okmulgee, OK, but Hal W . Griffin did issue at least one [rectangular] depotel . It is rectangular with rounded corners, 31x60mm, and printed on heavy yellow card stock . It reads : PHONE 54 / GRIFFIN'S BUS & BAGGAGE / PARKINSON'S HOTEL / BUS LINE / GOOD FROM HOTEL TO . DEPOT The reverse is blank . I've had this one for quite some time and wondered how I was ever going to find a home for it . I finally searched for Parkinson's Hotel on the internet and found a picture of Parkinson's Hotel on an old postcard listed for Okmulgee, OK . I asked my brother, Eddie Phipps, who lives in Moore, OK, a suburb of Oklahoma City, to check the directories at the Oklahoma Historical Soc- iety for me . He found the confirmation in a 1920 Hoffhine's Okmulgee Classified Business Directory . Hal W . Griffin bought a one-inch space and advertised himself as Hal Griffin, the Transfer Man who did hauling, storing, and had a shipping and a distribution service . His livery barn was located on West third between Frisco and Okmulgee Northern RR . His barn phone was 54, and his residence phone was 43 . The residential listing showed his wife as Elma with his home at 705 W . Third .

PHONE'54 . . G$,rpIN'S BUS &~BAGGAOG . , . PARKINSON !; HOTEL e0s INK 0000 FROM MOTE . TO DEPOT

THE RANCH HOUSE KIDDIELAND TOKEN : KY 510 BU By Harry R . Porter (Reprinted from the June, 1968, issue of The Fare Box) This token, listed in the April [19681 Fare Box, is one of a series of promotional tokens (trade checks really) put out by Ranch House Restaurants, Inc . Usually one is given with each 504 to $1 in purchases, depending on what the token is for . There are 9 restaurants in the chain : 7 in Louisville, KY, and 2 in southern Ind- iana, and all are called "The Ranch House ." This particular token is at least six years obsolete . The name of the amusement park was "Kiddieland," although I believe it has now been changed to "Funland ." It was made up only of small type rides for children, and as such parks go it was medium-sized, but compared with a regular amusement for all ages, it is quite small . Usually the tokens used by the Ranch House are redeemable in trade, and the Kiddieland one is the only exception I can think of . One year they sold tickets books at reduced rates rather than tokens, perhaps because of the wording on the token when prices rose at the park . All of the tokens I'm familiar with are aluminum . In 1956 or 1957, when the University of Louisville basketball team was doing very well and won a berth in the NCAA Tournament of that year, a token was issued previous to the games, and it was to be used in trade after the tournament at the rate of 5$ for each game won by U . of L . These were issued at the rate of one per 50$ in purchase for about 3 weeks prior to the tournament, in which U . of L . subsequently won 3 games, making each token worth 15$ in trade (the maximum could have been 25$, if U . of-L . won 5 games) . This is the only trade token I know of that had multiple redemption values . Since the token could be turned in at any time, some were redeemed for 5$ or 10$, depending I suppose on how much faith you had in the team!

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THROUGH THE PIKE By Bob Phipps

Recently, I acquired an 8-sided brass token in "dug" condition with a small slot at 12 O'clock. It is inscribed "THROUGH / THE / PIKE / St . Louis / 1904." The reverse is blank . At first glance, I thought I might have a turnpike token, then all those "through" tokens from Wheeling, WV came to mind. This one was going to take some research. Very soon, I learned that the "Pike" in St . Louis referred to a portion of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 more commonly known as the St . Louis Worlds Fair. By some accounts, the "Pike" was a street about a mile in length with attractions (including some rides) on both sides of the street . I'm sure most of the people of 1904 would have no trouble walking a round trip of two miles but there were others who could not . There had to be some type of transportation and it turned out to be wheeled-chairs. There were several varieties including single and double occupancy that were both pulled and pushed. Most were made of wicker . I found a first person account on the internet. Here is an excerpt :

"Tired of walking all day through the exhibits, I hired a wheeled chair for one evening and enjoyed for an hour a promenade along the pike, with its lights, the clashing gongs, the mixture of a dozen bands and curiously melancholy drum rhythm from the far East, the shouts in front of the various shows, and the glamour of life so different from the daily reality. I had discovered that the yodng man pushing my chair was a Methodist theologian who in this way was obtaining additional funds with which to pursue his studies ."

Unfortunately, the writer did not mention that he paid for the wheeled chair with a "Through the Pike" token. With information from the internet exhausted, I purchased a book on the memorabilia and collectibles of the St . Louis World's Fair. I found the answer on page 115 . My "Through the Pike" token was a watch fob! I didn't have an unlisted transportation but I did gain some knowledge for I now know the origin of the old expression "coming down the pike ."

References :

The Pike by John Brisben Walker, Cosmopolitan 37 (Sept . 1904)

1904 St. Louis World's Fair Mementos and Memorabilia, by Robert L . Hendershott, Kurt R. Kruger Publishing, Iola, WI, 1994

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-Page 60- -June 2003- JUNE SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford MICHIGAN St . Ignace 860 (Reported by Charles Heilman) MACKINAC BRIDGE/AUTHORITY/2003/(BRIDGE) C Bz 29 Sd Prentiss M . Brown/(Mr . Brown with bridge in background) $2 .50

NEW JERSEY Gloucester 290 (omitted from 5th edition catalogue by mistake) CAROUSSELL / ONE/RIDE (all incuse letters) • o B 24 Sd (blank) $75 .00

NORTH CAROLINA Hickory 440 (Reported by Al Kohlhardt) VALLEY HILLS MALL/(MOUNTAIN OUTLINE) • B 29 Sd Good For/One/Carousel/Ride/HH/ (stars) 1 .00

PENNSYLVANIA Altoona 20 (Reported by Jim Hartman) HORSESHOE CURVE/ALTOONA, PA/1854-2004/150 ANNIVERSARY/(ENGINE inside HORSESHOE) • B 25 Sd Railroaders Memorial /Museum /H44/(PRR' inside keystone logo) $0 .50

UNIDENTIFIED (Reported by Lou Sutton) McBROOM & HOGAN/OPERATORS/OF/JITNEY LINE 280 A 32 Sd Good For/One/Jitney Ride (Sc)

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD Charles Heilman, a non-AVA member who lives in Upper Michigan, obtained quan- tities of MI 860 A and B for the New Issues Service earlier this year . We thank him again for obtaining a quantity of the latest listing, MI 860 C . The bridge toll went up to $2 .50 on May 1 . tokens are sold in rolls of 24 for $36 .00 . The NJ 290 E was listed in the Third and Fourth Editions of our Catalogue, but was inadvertently omitted from the Fifth Edition . This extremely rare carousel token was originally discovered by Max Schwartz . The Hickory, NC 440 D VALLEY HILLS MALL carousel token with "hm" mintmark was listed 7/01, and Fred Sader obtained a supply for the N .I .S . Earlier this year Al Kohlhardt obtained a specimen with the older "hh" mintmark . This issue is harder to locate at the source . Fred is checking it out, but we don't know if he can obtain a supply for N .I .S . members . Jim Hartman reports that Altoona, PA 20 C is now obsolete . The new listing should be available to N .I .S . members . See page 101, of the May 1992 Fare Box for an article by C .E . Benjamin "The Horseshoe Curve Incline Token ." Former AVA member Lou Sutton picked up the listed unidentified token among tokens from VA and WV, so it might be from the Blue Ridge area . The obverse of the Burnaby, BC, carousel token was pictured last month . The very small reverse inscription is raised . This one is doubtful for N .I .S .

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-June 2003- -Page 61- SUPPLEMENT #23 TO CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICA BY HAROLD V . FORD - SECOND EDITION CALIFORNIA Oakland 575 (ex Unid 297) SAL'S CAR WASH (STARS) D o Bz 25 Sd (cartoon auto facing left) 3 .50

Pioneer 649 (ex Unid 320.& 321) RED CORRAL CARWASH (ANTIQUE CAR) A B 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hh 1 .00 B Bz 25 Sd " " " " " " " hm 1,00

Redding 675 (ex Unid 290) SPLISH SPLASH AUTO BATH 747 LAKE BLVD (CARTOON AUTO) C B 23 Sd Good For One Self Service Cycle No Cash Value One 1 hh . 3 .00

GEORGIA Augusta 70 U-WASH-M AUGUSTA, GA (CARTOON INDIAN A WM 25 Sd U-Wash-M Carwash No Cash Value $12 . (llmm brass center) (reeded edge) 1 .00

ILLINOIS Hillsboro 415 (ex Unid 464) FASTFLO OIL-N-GO t .m . FIVE DOLLARS IN TRADE $5 02 CARWASH TOKEN A o WM 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) 5,00

IOWA Manchester 567 WONDER CAR WASH MANCHESTER IOWA rwm WM 29 Sd Automatic Car Wash Token (antique car) 4 .00

KANSAS Wichita 970 (ex Unid 531) LITTLE JOE'S CAR WASHES tm (CAR IN WAVE) C B 27 Sd Gray Henry Corp . Brushless Automatic Spot Free Rinse No Cash Value 3 .50 (this location also uses a bi-metal generic token for a $1 .00 wash)

MICHIGAN Adrian 5 (ex Unid 348) MAGIC FOUNTAIN TRUCK WASH ONLY (OLD PICKUP TRUCK) F Bz 25 Sd Good .For .Fifty .Cents .in .Trade 50 hh .50

MINNESOTA Sauk Centre 780 (ex Unid 272) GEORGE'S FOOD .N .FUEL SELF SERVE CAR WASH rwm (CARTOON HEAD OF GEORGE) A Bz 25 Sd No Cash Value rwm 2,50

Virginia 900 (ex Unid 346) VIRGINIA AUTO WASH SELF SERVICE CAR WASH TOKEN rwm B Bz 25 Sd Satisfaction Guaranteed or Dourble Your Dirt Back rwm (cartoon auto) 2 .00

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-Page 62- -June 2003 SUPPLEMENT #JVP-50 TO FEISEL'S FIFTH = ************************************ NORTH CAROLINA (Reported by M Ayrapetov) CHARLOTTE-3160 1774 HEZEKIAH ALEXANDER HO E 2003 / ONE DOLLAR (building)(8mmsteelctr) Z B 23 Sd (as W) 1.00 PTUN (Reported by B Nolan) PARKING / AZ / MM SJ / PARKING 3150 B 21 Sd (same as obverse)

PTMS-3045 (Reported by J Byars) A . E . S . INC . / (972) / 442-2188 / WYLIE, TEXAS B B 25 Sd Good For / Parking / Only 1 .50 PTMS-3080 (Both reported by J Byars) PARKING / TOKEN (auto) AE B 27 Sd No / Cash / Value .50 PARKING / HH / TOKEN (auto) AF B 25 Sd No / Cash / Value / HH .50 PTMS-3097 (Reported by J Byars) GOOD FOR / PARKING / RWM / ONLY I B 25 Sd RWM (eagle surtouuded by slats) .35

AUSTRIA (All reported by B Nolan) LINZ-3565 CITY LINZ / LINZ / EINKAUF HAT QUALITAT A Bz 25 Sd Stadt Linz / Parkmunze (crestwithcastle) 1 .50 SCHWECHAT-3775 SCHWECHAT / -EINE STADT HEBT AB- A B 24 Sd Parkwertmunze / '/a Std . 1 .50 AUSTPTMS-3051 PARKMUNZE / 3 G B 26 Sd (blank) 1 .50 FRANCE RENNES-3775 REGION / SNCF (incuse) / DE / RENNES A Bz 25 Sd Parking / Longue / Duree 1 .50

ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS =

DENMARK-3160-D : add vars : (0 : G in MAGNETIC has . . . serif) a . (a) b . (no)

= PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY JOE PERNICANO = ************************************ CHARLOTTE, NC appears to be issuing a commemerative parking token every year . Great for new additions to our catalogue!! The PTUN is an interesting item???Do the initials make it with anyone? Obviously the area code has been changed for PTMS-3045 . Apparently there must be a series of the AUSTPTMS-3051-G I have been unable to obtain any hard info on the French piece . Bob Nolan has found a variety of a DENMARK piece . John Byars has reported 2 intersesting items--are they PTs???

TOKEN FOR / REMOTE / CONTROL / RWM B 25 Sd Six Flags / Great Adventure / - RWM / ® pogo)(WMPItd) B 27 Sd No / Cash / Value / RWM

FIESEL'S FIFTH EDITION is available from me at $26 postpaid . The rate has been increased one dollar due to supplying 19 sheets of updated material . A hard bound book of over 300 pages . Includes index of all listed tokens . J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROOMALL, PA 19008 = *********************+*********************+****** BIDS FOR THE BIG AVA CONVENTION AUCTION (SEE LIST IN APRIL FARE BOX) WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO 12 :01 A.M. ON AUGUST 1 . LOTS OF GREAT TOKENS! SEND BIDS BY US MAIL, EMAIL, OR FAX, TO AUCTION CHAIRMAN : Keith M. Haney - 4614 Stonegate Way - Corpus Christi, Texas 78411-4829 (361-855-8886)(FAX : 854-3946) free download from: www.vecturist.com

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. Anna £ Bob Butler, 73 1 Edit 26th Sfineet nagevaMinneapotio MN 55404-4402 (612) 871'-4699

Ado .o(, up to 3 coiuran inchea in each catagotiy tune 4ee to AVA membeo . Large, ado (%,, 'z oa. 6u1l page) rnwot 6e oent to the Fate Box editok. Ads moot '),Pnch the manageAo 6y the FIFTH o4 the month o4 moue,,. (n they witt 6e held riot next month'o tooue . Exception would 6e i,6 the editort decide) on an eanliet date oj, vloue : Lloe the 2-letter. State ab6teoiation in yowl ad, ao weL cut you, name, addn.eoo and complete 9-digit zip code, which can ~6e (,ound 6y 'looking at a ptieuioa6 ad, 0t in the AVA rnem&eAohip tiootet . Submit only ONE ad pet' catagony . More will 6e combined into one ad, o4, held 01. next month'o imue . Pfeaoe, only ado aefatinq to ttemo looted in pubticationh o(, the American Vectw ist Aooociation.

0) A U( 72 JI(close July 25) f)'7 ~J 2r;fj,i close 7/25) 1 C1 '

I am selling my library of [OH] bids starting as shown : Fare Box issues 1972 thru AVA catalogues and check 435-A(2 .40) ; 440-Ab(4 .40); 1990. Complete in 19 lists, US and Foreign . Some Bb(14.50), E(4.10, 1(3.20), binders. Best cash offer for are years out of print. Send Kb(2 .55) ; L(5.75), M(3.35), all plus shipping . (303) 794- for free list of eighteen lots. 0(2 .15), P(BU $ .60) ; 475- 2706. Larry Freeman D(15 .50 : 520-A(8 .60) ; 552- Henry Drees 6500 Ely Vista Drive A(2 .85) ; Ba(2.60), C(3 .25) ; 2403 W . Costi9lla Ave . Parma OH 44129-6149 605-A(2.50) ; 660-Fa(5 .20), Littleton Co G(19 .20) ; 745-B(17 .40), C 80120-3519 Best offer over 2X catalo- (26.60);:., 750-#1(5 .60), A#-2 gue plus postage for the (5 .40) ; 752-8(BU4.25), 860- 100 mixed transit tokens following entire (TT) lot of B(24.70) ; 870-B(BU 4.40) ; $15 .00. 50 different transit NY 630-ABa - counter- 915-A(4 .90) . tokens $20 .00. Postpaid stamped as follows: #'s 37, Gene Hurford James A . Vander Helm 42, 75, 92, 103, 110, 112, 1527 Tulip Court 18618 Birch Avenue 113, 129, 133, 141, 146, Longmont CO 80501-2454 Akron IA 51001-8827 152, 156, 158, 162, 164, (17 tokens total) . 04 CA tASO Complete sets of all' the Louis Lockwood transit tokens in use today 10420 Sugardale St . from Nova Scotia, Canada : Harrison OH 45030-1734 Bids over catalogue will be considered, plus postage: [NS] 100-5, &, AB, AC, AD [CA] 375-Aa ; [IA] 40-A ; for $27 .50, which includes Unique depotel token, Emil postage and insurance [KY] 370-A ; [MN] 118-A ; .. Gregor /Dray /And /Transfer Karl Gabsch /Casselton, /N.D.//25C . This 305-A; 405-A ; 680-A; 725- 2820 Scenic Meadow St . token and other exceptional A ; [NY] 530-A ; 663-A ; [OH] Waldorf MD 20603-4900 merchant, military, lumber 185-A ; 208-A ; [TX] 925-B . pieces offered in the NTCA Al Kohlhardt National mail bid sale and P . 0 . Box 2649 auction coming in August. Sunnyvale CA Tickets and passes from Bid on this one piece, or 94087-0649 send . $2.00 for complete railroad/transportation . US pre-1930 . Collector eager to auction listing . [IN] 460-G $5 .00 . Several buy one item or an entire Duane H . Feisel available . Please enclose an collection . 919-468-5510 . P . 0 . Box 212 SASE . Trade list provided Shingle town CA upon request also . Dan Benice P . 0 . Box 5708 96088-0212 Louis Lockwood 10420 Sugardale St . Cary NC 27512-5708 . Harrison OH 45030-1734

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Al Will pay twice catalogue for B ; 900-A ; [VI] 500-A ; [AB] Tokens from Iowa towns .n ; 600- tokens -that Gata)ogue at the following tokens: [NY] 250-B ; [BC] 425-A, B C; 670-A ; [MB] 200-B ; [NB] $100 .00 . Several trades a- 885-A', 78-A ; 305-A', [NC] 300-6, C ;600-A . vailable . Also want TAMS 30-A, B, 330-B ; 470-A, 545- Walter GReeson convention tokens for most A, B, 680-A ; 710-B ; 770-A ; 6011 Cornell Street years . 830-A ; [OH] 60-B ; 100-A ; Amarillo TX 79109-6601 Doug Redies [SC] 450-0 ; [TN] 140-A ; 3525 Windsor Avenue 215-A ; 345-A, C ; 360-A ; Paying full catalogue for all Apartment 119 Dubuque IA 52001- [TX] 60-A ; 225-A ; 690-A, B ; Sioux City IA transit tokens . 940-A . B : [VA[ 155-B : 160- Also need bulk lots of A, 990-A, [WI] 20-A . 680-A, [PA] 65-E thru J, P . Good ,cenfir,ued next columr„ common transit tokens . Write condition . Call or write . with otters. (724) 846-8332 . James A . Vander Helm Jerry Riedel 18618 Birch Avenue 2002 Nippert Avenue Akron IA 51001-8827 Beaver Falls PA 15010-1704

A .V.A . CATALOGUES FOR SALE THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE OF U .S . & CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS (3 volumes) Volume I ; the listing, 845 pages . Hardbound or loose-leaf . $45 retail ; $30 to members . Volume II : history & encyclopedia, thousands of photos . 776 pages hardbound only . $30 retail, $17 .50 to members . Volume III : specialized catalogue of minor die varieties, thousands of high quality photos . hardbound 950 pages . $50 retail ; $26 to members . (a few loose-leaf still left @-$13) CAR WASH TOKENS, 2nd edition just out . 320 pages hardbound . $25 to members, $35 to others . two or three loose-lease still available, same price . LAND COMPANY & REAL ESTATE TOKENS, 120 pages hardbound . Lots of photos . $20 retail ; $10 to members SEVEN-YEAR.-SUPPLEMENT'..TO'THE.,ATWOOD-COFFEEI.CATALOGUE .L.-.110.,pages . Includes full token identifier and price revisions . Only about 15 copies left of print order of 200 . Price $6 postpaid . I shall take a limited number of each book to California with me . Send orders directly to John M . Coffee - c/o H .V . Ford - 43 Arroyo Drive Moraga, CA 94556 . Make check payable to "John M . Coffee" as I have no AVA account in California . § Overseas members must add $5 for each volume of the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue, and $3 fot Car Wash or Real Estate, and 75¢ for the 7-YearSupplement, to cover the exorbitant postage differential on overseas postage .

APPLICATIONFORMEMBERSHIP 3141 JOHN S . NUZUM (address withheld by. request) Age 74 ; Retired . Collects all types . (Bill Weber)

REINSTATEMENT TO MEMBERSHIP 2400 Ian Melton - Acorn Lodge, Frog Lane - Great Somerford, Wiltshire SN15 5JA England . email : ian .melton@bigfoot .com

CHANGEOFADDRESS 291 Bob Kelley - 2742 Cheyenne Road - Sebring, Florida 33875 [correction] 2225 Wendell W . Phillips - 3449 Mallard Court - Reminderville, Ohio 44202 604 Gilbert Ed Vogel - Roster has wrong phone number . It should be 360-751-1944

Bob Phipps reports, results from recent ebay auctions : KY 200 A $75 ; NY 890 C $137 ; OH 625 C $129 .50 ; OH 730 A (very very worn) $78 .77 ; PA 405 A $90 re- serve but did not sell ; TX 580 B $241 .35 ; WI 520 A $294 .83 ; ON 450 A $202 .50 ; and PQ 620 M $207 .50 . Randy Glucksman writes that Garden State Parkway tokens are 35C for the passen- ger car ones, but the BUS ones remain at $1 .00 . free download from: www.vecturist.com

THE FARE BOXumm,mm,uumm . AMonthly Ncws-Letter for Transportation Token Coflectorn 1 NEW ISSUES EDITOR EDITOR H5ROLD V . FORD ~ . N. COu PlE, JR. 43 4rroyo Drive B. Q. gox 1204 1Gloraga, California LRoston, Massachusetts °4556 02104

New Issues Service Aavertisiag Maaagers WILI.LAM1 A. SO WELL ROBE13T 2IND gINMI BUWIE1l P. 0 . Box 1235 731 East 26th LStreet Minneapolis, Minnesota Cathedral City, California 55404 :2235-1235

Volume 57, Number 7 JULY 2003 Our673rdIssue

July 22 . This is being written in Moraga, CA, I shall be leaving to return to Boston via our Buffalo Convention, on July 31, I hope to see lots of you at our Annual Convention, to be held August 7-10 at the Adams Mark Hotel (120 Church Street), The Convention Auction is always one of the best IT sales of the year (I put in a number of the lots myself, incidentally), My trip across the country in my new 2003 Lincoln Town Car was very uneventful . Travelling alone, I, left Boston July 5, First night was Malone, NY . Next night was North Bay, Ontario, Then Detroit Lakes, MN, I had the heat on for most of this part of the trip . It was a chilly 52 when I left Detroit Lakes . Then it began to warm up and I was using the air-conditioner, Next stay was Clendive, MT, and the following day in Bozeman I stopped at Buggy Bath on East Main St, to get some of the listed MT 100 B car wash token that was hard to get . I put a $20 bill in the machine and out came 15 100 B's and a generic, Spent that night at Whitehall, MT, and headed south into Idaho . At Idaho Falls I visited Soapy's Auto Wash . ID 380 C is in use, but the ID 380 D is only used to activate the spray gun when the proprietor cleans the bays . Unfortunately I took a spill walking across the grass at Idaho Falls and pulled a mus- cle in my chest . It still bothers me in the mornings, That night I stayed at Twin Falls, ID, and next night at Winnemucca, NV, By now it was boiling hot . I arrived at the home of Hal and Louise Ford in Moraga, CA, about 1 :30 pm on Sunday, July 13 . A couple days ago we took BART over to San Francisco and rode the new BART extension to the San Francisco Airport and Millbrae, They also have a little 2-car shuttle that runs between Millbrae and SFO . Later we had the world's greatest ice cream at Chir- ardelli Square in San Francisco, And we've acquired a number of previously unknown new issues, thru the mail, since I've been here .. A very good summer so far . I've already sold out the catalogues I brought with me, so orders for any of the volumes of the Atwood Coffee Catalogue will have to wait till I get back to Boston . I do have a couple of Vol . I and half a dozen of the 7-year supplements, which will be available at the Buffalo Convention . I also have all the unsold tokens (nearly all common) from the Scroggins collection which I hope to sell at Buffalo . Last month I mentioned tokens that have the word "JITNEY" on them . Ted Meyers has sent me a complete list of them : CA 275 F, 845 F G ; KY 10 D E ; NE 700 D ; NJ 20 G H ; TX 320 A; MB 900 F ; Unidentified 280 ; Fantasy /I1 . The El Paso is the most interesting . What do the 2 acorns and the mysterious letters and numbers mean? "Nuts to you??"

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-July 2003- -Page 66- LISTABLE CAROUSEL TOKENS IN THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Bill Garrison, I ALABAMA COLORADO MONTANA OHIO UNIDENTIFIED 370 B 998 D 660 H 85 B 151 I 505 J 222 ARIZONA CONNECTICUT J K 224 440 A 210 C K L 276 B L M 277 FLORIDA M N CALIFORNIA 622 A N 860 U AMUSEMENT-NON LOCAL 315 A 630 C 0 201 A 445 A 910 J P OREGON 203 A 450 BI K Q 700 P 204 A BJ L R Q 205 A BK S Ua 207 A BM GEORGIA T Ub B 560 A 910 A U 820 A B Ba V BRITISH COLUMBIA C Bb W PENNSYLVANIA 250 A D 920 C X 20 A B E Y 375 B F ILLINOIS Z 750 AV ONTARIO G 150 AM 400 G H 285 I NEBRASKA RHODE ISLAND I 545 B 60 A 700 A J K KANSAS NEVADA SOUTH DAKOTA L 940 N 500 J 998 E 712 A C KENTUCKY NEW JERSEY TENNESSEE D 480 V 20 A 120 I 730 A 510 BU B J B C C LOUISIANA J TEXAS 745 AD 600 A 35 Aa 255 R 760 A 670 I Ab W B Ja 290 E 350 A C Jb 650 A 875 A 833 A VIRGINIA MICHIGAN 895 E COLORADO 370 Q NEW YORK 110 A 525 0 630 BM WISCONSIN B 632 E 245 A C MINNESOTA 655 Ba 915 A D 360 A Bb B E B 780 X C F 875 AF D G MISSOURI AG H 195 A AH WYOMING I AI 60 A J MONTANA AJ K 140 G 885 A UNIDENTIFIED L H 62 I NORTH CAROLIA 87 J 440 D 101 k 102

free download from: www.vecturist.com -July 2003 -Page 67- Prices Realized for the 3rd Auction of CWT's from the Mike Su r Collection Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot 1 PA 85 A $1.00 69 TN 120 A Error 137 VA 440 B Error 205 UNID 135 $5.00 273 CWCST 280 F Error 2 PA 85 B $1 .00 70 TN 260 A 138 VA 720 As 206 UNID 139 $3.25 274 CWCST 280 G $1 .00 3 PA 98 A $1.00 71 TN 700 A Error 139 VA 720 Ab 207 UNID 141 $315 275 CWCST 280 H $1.75 4 PA 98 B 72 TX 215 A $1 .00 140 VA 720 C $1 .00 208 UNID 144 $500 276 CWCST 2801 $1 50 5 PA 125 C $1 .00 73 TX 215 B $100 141 VA 730 A 209 UNID 146 $5 0o 277 CWCST 280 K $1 .50 6 PA 142 A $ .26 74 TX 215 C $1 .00 142 WA 20 A $550 210 UNID 148 $5.00 278 CWCST 280 L $1 .50 7 PA 150 A $1 .25 75 TX 215 D $100 143 WA 120 A 211 UNID 151 $200 279 CWCST 280 M Error 8 PA 293 A $1 .00 76 TX 320 B 144 WA 630 A $6.20 212 UNID 152 $2.00 280 CWCST 281 M 9 PA 293 B $1 .00 77 TX 402 B $1 50 145 WA 670 A Error 213 UNID 161 $2.15 281 CWCST 320 B $1 .00 10 PA 320 A $6.05 78 TX 445 H $100 146 WA 780 Ca $5.35 214 UNID 181 $5.00 282 CWCST 330 A $1 .00 11 PA 320 B $6.05 79 TX 4451 Error 147 WA 780 Cb $450 215 UNID 184 $2.50 283 CWCST 350 A $1.50 12 PA 320 D $555 8o TX 445 K $1 .00 148 WA 880 A $0.85 216 UNID 189 $3.00 284 CWCST 360 A $1 .00 13 PA 320 E $5.55 81 TX 445 L $100 149 WA 920 A $6.00 217 UNID 190 $2.75 285 CWCST 360 C $5.00 14 PA 320 F $105 82 TX 445 M $1 .00 150 WV 290 A $6.70 218 UNID 192 $1 .00 286 CWCST 390 B $1 .25 15 PA 320 G $9.05 83 TX 445 N $1 .00 151 WV 660 A $1 .00 219 UNID 200 $ 60 287 MSCWT 30 A $1.00 16 PA 320 H $9.05 84 TX 445 0 $1.00 152 WV 830 A 220 UNID 211 Error 288 MSCWT 40 A $11)0 17 PA 323 A $6.15 85 TX 445 Q Error 153 WV 890 A $650 221 UNID 236 Error 289 MSCWT 40 Be, $1.00 18 PA 335 C $2.11 86 TX 445 R $100 154 WI 15 A $5.35 222 UNID 268 $100 290 MSCWT 40 Bb 19 PA 358 B Error 87 TX 445 Ub Error 155 WI 60 A $6.10 223 UN0 269 $315 291 MSCWT 40 E $200 20 PA 403 A $1.00 88 TX 445 Va $1 .00 156 WI 108 A $4.10 224 UNID 281 $3.25 292 MSCWT 40 F $6.25 21 PA 417 A $1 00 89 TX 445 Vb 157 WI 120 A $535 225 UNID 284 Error 293 MSCWT 40 G 22 PA 448 C 90 TX 445 W Error 158 WI 155 B Error 226 UNID 291 $3.00 294 MSCWT 41 A $500 231 PA 455 A $4.251 91 TX 445 X Error 159 WI 200 A 227 UNID 521 Error 295 MSCWT 41 B $1 .75 24 PA 455 B $4.10 92 TX 445 Y Error 160 WI 215 A 228 CWCST 10 B $5.00 296IMSCWT 50 A $1 .00 25 PA 455 D 93 TX 445 Z $1 00 161 WI 280 B $1.50 229 CWCST 20 Aa $100 297 MSCWT 60 A $1 .00 26 PA 455 E 94 TX 445 AA Error 162 WI 300 A $150 230 CWCST 20 Ab 298 MSCWT BOA $1 .00 27 PA 455 F 95 TX 445 AB $1 .00 163 WI 450 A $1 00 231 CWCST 20 Ac $1 .00 299 TMST 10 Bb Error 28 PA 455 G 96 TX 445 AC $100 164 WI 500 A 232 CWCST 40 A $5.00 300 TMST 10 Fb 29 PA 455 H 97 TX 445 AF 165 WI 540 A Error 233 CWCST 50 S $125 301 TMST 10 Ga 30 PA 4551 98 TX 445 AG 166 WI 566 A $5.50 234 CWCST 60 A S1 00 302 TMST 10 Ha 31 PA 455 J 99 TX 445 Al $100 167 WI 700 A $7.10 235 CWCST 70 A $1 .25 303 TMST 10 Mb $085 32 PA 455 K $1 .25 100 TX 545 A $1 .00 168 WI 775 A $100 236 CWCST 90 A $1 .00 304 TMST 10 Pa 33 PA 455 L $1.25 101 TX 623 A 169 WI 780 A $1 00 237 CWCST 90 8 $1 00 305 TMST 10 Qb 34 PA 455 M $1.25 102 TX 765 B 170 WI 880 A $1 .00 238 CWCST 90 C $1 .50 306 TMST 10 R Error 35 PA 485 A $6.25 103 TX 810 D $3 00 171 WI 930 A $610 239 CWCST 90 D $100 307 TMST 10 T Error 36 PA 485 B $615 104 TX 830 A $1.00 172 WI 952 A Error 240 CWCST 101 B $500 308 TMST 10 U $0.85 37 PA 497 A 105 TX 945 A 173 WI 985 A Error 241 CWCST 111 A $1 00 309 TMST 10 Wb 38 PA 522 A $805 106 TX 987 B $1.00 174 WY 300 A $7 10 242 CWCST 111 B $500 31o TMST 10 Ya 39 PA 525 A $6.25 107 TX 990 A $100 175 WY 450 A $1 .00 243 CWCST 111 C $1 .00 311 TMST 10 AB 40 PA 525 B 08 UT 25 A $615 76 WY 810 A $100 244 CWCST 111 G $1 .50 312 TM ST 10 ACb Error 41 PA 602 A S205 tog UT 150 A $615 177 UNID 8 $500 245 CWCST 120 Ab $1 .50 313 TMST 10 ADb 42 PA 602 B $2.05 110 UT 360 A $615 178 UNID 15 $5.00 246 CWCST 150 A $1 .00 314 TMST 20 C 43 PA 700 A $1 26 111 UT 360 B $625 179 UNID 16 $1 .50 247 CWCST 150 B $1 .00 315 TMST 20 D 44 PA 705 A $620 112 UT 485 A $615 180 UNID 41 Error 248 CWCST 150 C $7.25 316 TMST 20 F Error 45 PA 705 B $6.50 113 UT 525 B $6.20 181 UNID 57 $1 .00 249 CWCST 160 B $1 .00 317 TMST 201 $2.50 46 PA 725 A $5.10 114 UT 570 A $1 .00 182 UNID 58 250 CWCST 160 D $1 .00 318 TMST 20 J 47 PA 750 B $7.05 115 UT 650 A $6 00 183 UNID 66 $100 251 CWCST 177 B 319 TMST 20 L 48 PA 757 A $1385 116 UT 650 B $600 184 UNID 68 $300 252 CWCST 180 A $125 320 TMST 20 0 Error 49 PA 773 A $1 00 17 UT 650 C $600 185 UNID 80 $1.25 253 CWCST 180 B $1 .60 321 TMST 20 P 50 PA 780 A $6.50 118 UT 650 E $6.15 186 UNID 86 $100 254 CWCST 180 C $5.00 322 TMST 20 S Error 51 PA 797 A Error 119 UT 685 A $535 187 UNID 87 $1.00 255 CWCST 181 A $1 .00 323 TMST 20 U 52 PA 805 A W/D 120 UT 750 A $610 188 UNID 89 $1 .00 256 CWCST 190 B $150 324 TMST 20 V 53 PA 807 A 121 UT 750 B $620 189 UNID 91 $1 00 257 CWCST 190 D Error 325 TMST 20 Y 54 PA 845 A S610 122 UT 750 C $615 190 UNID 93 $100 258 CWCST 190E $1 00 326 TMST 30 A 55 PA 855 A 123 UT 750 D $620 191 UNID 96 $160 259 CWCST 200 B $175 327 TMST 30 D 56 PA 863 A Error 124 UT 750 E $6.25 192 UNID 99 $100 260 CWCST 200 D $100 328 TMST 30 E 57 PA 863 D Error 125 UT 750 J Error 193 UNID 102 Error 261 CWCST 200 G $500 329 TMST 30 H Error 58 PA 890 A $1 .40 126 UT 760 A $615 194 UNID 107 $1 .50 262 CWCST 210 A $1.00 330 TMST 30 J 59 PA 955 A $300 127 UT 850 A $600 195 UNID 108 $825 263 CWCST 210 B $5.25 331 TMST 30 L 60 PA 958 B $1 .00 128 UT 860 A $6.15 196 UNID 110 $500 264 CWCST 210 C $1.00 332 TMST 40 A 61 PA 958 C $100 129 UT 900 A $1 00 197 UNID 111 $3.10 265 CWCST 230 A $1 .50 333 TMST 40 E $250 62 PA 982 A $105 130 VA 160 C $100 198 UNID 113 $275 266 CWCST 270 A $1 .25 334 TMST 50 C 63 PA 985 A $600 131 VA 160 D $1 .00 199 UNID 115 $280 267 CWCST 271 A $100 335 TMST 50 L 64 PA 992 A $410 132 VA 160 F $100 200 UNID 118 $500 268 CWCST 271 B $100 336 TMST 60 A 65 PA 993 A $225 133 VA 160 G E to 201 UNID 119 $3.25 269 CWCST 271 C $1 .50 337 TMST 70 A $085 66 PA 995 A $185 134 VA 190 A $100 202 UNID 127 $150 270 CWCST 280 A Error 338 TMST 70 C 67 SC 240 D 135 VA 190 B $10 .00 203 UNID 128 $2.70 271 CWCST 280 B $100 339 TMST 75 F 68 SC 675 A $215 136 VA 440 A $1 00 204 UNID 131 $100 272 CWCST 280 D $100 340 TMST 80 8 Error free download from: www.vecturist.com

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FLORIDA Jacksonville 380 (Reported by Al Kohlhardt) REGENCY SQUARE MALL/JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA/SUNSHINE EXPRESS (IN,L000 BENEATH STEAM TRAIN) Y Z 25 Sd Good For/One/Train Ride/hm (*2003)(WM-plated) $2 .00

MAINE Ogunquit 655 (Reported by Win Nowell) OGUNQUIT TROLLEY/TOKEN/207-646-1411/OGUNQUIT, MAINE/(TROLLEY) B Z 25 Sd Non Refundable/No Cash Value/Ride Token/l/hh (Bronze-plated) 1 .50 C Z 25 Sd Good .For .Fifty .Cents .in .Trade/50/hm (nickel-plated) .50

MONTANA Missoula 660 (Reported by Bill Garrison & Ed Vogel) A CAROUSEL FOR MISSOULA/RIDE TOKEN/(CAROUSEL HORSE) AA B 25 Sd Koko/2003/hm/(carousel horse)(* 20b3) .50 AB B 25 Sd Prairie Rose/2003/hm/(carousel horse)(* 2003) .50 AC B 25 Sd Sweet Sue/2003/hm/(carousel horse)(* 2003) .50

OHIO Bowling Green 85 (Reported by John Coffee) B .G . TRANSIT/352-0796/TTY : 352-1545/(TAXI) C Py 38 Sd Valid For One Regular Fare ./No Cash Value/Valid For One Regular Fare . (black printing) 2 .50 D Pg 38 Sd Valid For One, Discount Fare With Transportation ID Card ./ No Cash Value (black printing) 1,25

TEXAS Arlington 40 (Reported by Al Kohlhardt) THE PARKS/(LOGO) A Bz 29 Sd Good For/One/Carousel/Ride/hm 1 .00

Killeen 502 (Reported by Joe Radomski & Roger Bolz) THE HOP tm A o Pd Oc Sd Good For/One/Ride (37mm)(black lettering) 1 .00 THE HOP/HOP TOKEN/GOOD FOR ONE RIDE B o A 32 Sd (mottled blank reverse) 1,00 THE HOP tm/CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL/PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM C A 25 Sd Fare Token/50c./Value (reeded edge) .50

Temple 900 (Reported by John Coffee) THE HOP tm/CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL/PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM B A 25 Sd Fare Token/50C/Value (reeded edge) (anodized gold) .50

Tyler 925 (Reported by Joe Radomski) (T LOGO)/BASIC/GOOD FOR ONE TRIP ON TRANSIT BUS/ NOT REDEEMABLE FOR CASH D A 32 Sd (blank) (anodized blue) 1 .00

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-July 2003- -Page 69- VIRGINIA Woodbridge 985 (Reported by Harry Crow & Ed Axtheln3) OMNILINK/730-6664 I Pb 28 Sd Good For/One/Fare (white printing) $0 .75 OMNILINK/583-7782 J Pb 28 Sd Good For/One/Fare (white printing) .75

UNIDENTIFIED (Reported by Bill Sowell) J TRIPBAR/TRANSIT AUTHORITY/JTB (IN LOGO) 281 B 22 Sd Good For/One Trip/JTB, (in logo)

CLUB TOUR TOKENS California CT (Reported by Wally Shidler) ELECTRIC RAILWAY/HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION/ www .ERRA .org/ (STREETCAR, PALM TREES, BUILDING 3 B 25 Sd MIA Gold Line/Pasadena .Los Angeles/OPENING/DAY-JULY/26, 2003/ 1 Fare/(front of streetcar with "Pasadena" incused on destina- tion sign) (3,000 struck)

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD The 29mm brass Regency Square train ride token was reported in the February 2003 Fare Box and Ed Joyce secured a quantity for the New Issues Service, by feeding, dollars into a machine . Since then Al Kohlhardt discovered a smaller WM-plated version of the token . A call to the facility elicited the information that the smaller token is not sold to the public but is given to kids who get upset or raise a ruckus, This probably will not be distributed by the N .I .S . The fare to ride the Ogunquit trolley . Win Nowell and his wife rode it, handed the driver a $5 bill . The driver "dropped the bill in a slot in a large box and gave me 2 tokens ." A sign noted that "change is given in trolley tokens ." The tokens are then good toward payment for a ride . Win has arranged to secure supplies for the N .T .S .. The Missoula Carousel issues 3 tokens in the summer, and 3 in the winter every year . Bill Garrison has obtained supplies of these three for the N .I .S . John Coffee found a mention of tokens for Bowling Green, Ohio, on the internet, He phoned them and obtained 2 specimens of each token . It is uncertain if these will be available in quantity for the New Issues Service . We previously mentioned THE PARKS carousel token without knowing where it was from . Since then I found a listing of THE PARKS mall for Arlington, Texas . We called them and obtained two specimens, We hope a local collector will be able to obtain a supply for the New Issues Service . Last year Roger Bolz found a number of previously unlisted plastic tokens, one of which was what we now list as TX 502 A . Joe Radomski learned the origin of the token and obtained that one and 2 others from Killeen . Since then it has been difficult to obtain any more from the Authority, but last month John Coffee called them and they agreed to sell him two of each, and when the tokens arrived there was also a gold-anodized version of TX 502 C that they sent along gratis . We assumed both version of the 25mm were in use in Killeen . John also tried to obtain a token we knew was being used in Temple, TX, although we didn't know what is looked like . John was able, from a third party, to ob- tain a couple of the Temple tokens, which turned out to be the gold-anodized version of ..,r TX 502 C . We then called Killeen back, and they explained that the plain aluminum TX 502 C token is used in Killeen, and the gold-anodized one is used in Temple . It was also explained that the TX 502 A and B are now obsolete, THE HOP operates in both cities . It is highly unlikely that any of these four tokens will be available for our N .I .S,

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-Page 70- -July 2003- The Tyler, Texas, blue anodized aluminum token has been in use, for several years . Originally used by the Salvation Army and other charitable agencies, the token is now sold to the general public in packs of 10 tokens for $7 .50 . The transit runs only on weekdays from 6 :15 a .m . to 6 :30 p .m . It has 2 fixed routes and paratransit . It is un- certain at this time whether we shall have this one for the New Issues Service . The newly listed VA 985 I is the same as 985 G except that it has no area code in front of the phone number . Ed Axthelm obtained 200 of these for the New Issues Service . The 985 J is like 985 G except that it's a different phone number (why we don't know) . Ed has some of the 985 J and is working on getting enough, eventually, for the N .I .S . John Coffee previously described the J TRIPBAR token in an early issue of The Fare Box . No one has come up with any information on where it's in use (if it is still in use) . The JIB logo is in the shape of an anchor . This token could be in use in the Caribbean area or the Bahamas, possibly even on a ferry . Any ideas out there? We've just received another in the series of very beautiful tour tokens issued by the Electric Railway Association of Southern California . This one was used on a special trip that operated July 7, 2003, which left L .A, Union Station for Pasadena' at 9 :08 a .m . The line will open formally on July 26, 2003 . They struck 3,000 of these tokens, and col- lectors may order one directly by sending a $5 .00 check +SASE to Electric Railway 1listor- ical Association - 1 World Trade Center - P .O . Box 32161 - Long Beach, CA 90832-2161 .

Some months ago we described a mystery token reported by Bob Schopp . The token is 25mm brass inscribed "RIDESHARE/EMC/ONTARIO/hh/TOKEN // GE (LOGO), We wondered if it was good for some kind of ride . I've finally learned what it was used for, Persons in a rideshare program in Ontario, CA, at the GE facility, who used rideshare, were given one of these tokens each time, and then they could turn in a certain number of the tokens for ..~ one gift certificate good at various shops, So definitely not a ride token . I was told they quit using them about 6 years ago "and we threw them all away ." Last year we described a yellow plastic 41mm token reported by Roger Bolz, inscribed "TURTLE CREEK TAVERN/8742 WURZBACK RD . SAN ANTONIO, TX/GOOD FOR ONE/PREPAID BEVERAGE/ 614-2645" on obverse, and "GOOD FOR ONE CAB RIDE/(TAXI)/LOCAL ONLY" . There was some story that they were good for a cab ride of some sort, but after some serious investi- gating we've concluded that this is a muling error . The taver-^ never provided trans- portation or used these tokens . We don't list error plastics . Last month we reported a token described by Dr . Chibbaro, which has the same obverse as WA 130 A, but "good for 5Q in trade" on reverse . A phone call from Cliff Brehan ex- plained it . Seems a Washington State trade token collector (now deceased) obtained a number of dies from a Seattle die stamping firm and ran off a number of oddball mules . Dr . Chibbaro's token is such a mule . There was never such a legitimate token . R .G . Purves did indeed run a bus line and nothing else . WA 130 A is a legitimate token . The "5C in trade" token is a worthless muling of 2 dies . In this issue we are running a complete listing of all carousel tokens that are in the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue . This was compiled for us by Bill Garrison . There are also a number of carousel tokens that do not contain wording indicating they are good for rides although they are . I'd like to run a listing of such tokens, and we'll include them in the next (Sixth) edition of the A-C Catalogue (in a special list) . Listing amusement tokens has always been a contentious issue . Some want to list them all . Some don't be- lieve they are appropriate for listing in a IT catalogue . A quarter century ago Ralph Freiberg determined a good compromise . We'd list only those amusement tokens that say they are good for a ride, or indicate in some way that they are . Of course tokens that a are regular issues for bus and streetcar lines don't always say they're good for a ride, but as regular industry issues we do list these . Amusement rides don't go anywhere, so they are in a special category . I think our compromise makes sense . Still I would like to have a listing available of all carousel tokens, even those that lack the requisite verbiage . Bill says he'll draw up a listing of such tokens if members will send him de- scriptions . free download from: www.vecturist.com

-July 2003- -Page 71- SUPPLEMENT#24TOCAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICA By Harold V . Ford Second Edition

ARKANSAS North Little Rock 645 (ex Unidentified 552 plus 2 new ones) PK'S AUTO SPA 558-2038 891-2454 399-6526 A Bz 25 Sd (cartoon auto facing left) (stars) $1 .00 B Bz 25 Sd (cartoon auto facing left)(stars) hm 1 .00 PK'S AUTO SPA LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL ARKANSAS AREA C Bz 27 Sd Carwash Token Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back hm 3 .50

IDAHO Idaho Falls 380 (ex Unidentified 468 plus a new one) SOAPY'S AUTO WASH (CARTOON AUTO) C Bz 25 Sd Good For One Self Service Cycle No Cash Value One 1 hh .50 SOAPY'S AUTO WASH rwm D o WM 29 Sd Carwash Token rwm (convertible car) 1 .50

IOWA Creston 260 (ex Unidentified 246) CASEY'S GENERAL STORE (INSIDE BUILDING) A o B 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) 3 .50

Elkader 335 ELKADER CAR WASH (STARS) B o Z 25 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car)(WM-plated)(reeded edge) 3 .00

KANSAS ""Wichita 970 LITTLE JOE'S CAR WASHES WICHITA, KS LITTLE JOE'S CAR WASHES tm (CAR IN WAVE) D B 25 Sd Car Wash Token No Cash Value $1 2E (16mm alum center ; reeded edge) 1 .00

KENTUCKY Lexington 480 JEFF'S SELFSERVE CAR WASH F B 25 Sd No Cash Value rwm 1 .00

MINNESOTA Hutchinson 400 HUTCHINSON MAYTAG .LAUNDRY .TANNING .CARWASH . YOUR #1 CHOICE C Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hh 1 .00 (NOTE : KS 400 B was previously corrected to have hm mintmark)

Virginia 900 VIRGINIA AUTO WASH VIRGINIA, MINN . GOOD FOR ONE -WASH, WAX & DRY- (BRUSHLESS AUTOMATIC) 1 rwm C Bz 29 Sd Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Dirt Back rwm (cartoon auto) 7,00

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS OH 175 B : add (Rev . J) 7T 100 G ; correct Obv . mintmark, should be hm, not hh "--VA 720 E : correct metal to Brass (not bronze) Unid . 347 ; delete ; recently relisted as MT 600 B. Unid . 543 : size should be 27mm, not 29mm

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-Page 72- -July 2003- NEBRASKA Grand Island 420 JACK'S CAR WASH G .I ., NE rwm WM 29 Sd Carwash Token (antique car) 2 .00

OREGON Portland 700 CASCADE CAR WASH PORTLAND OREGON F Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token hm' (antique car) .50

PENNSYLVANIA Dallas 254 DALLAS & BACK MTN . CAR WASHES (CAR) A WM 25 Sd Self Service Car Wash Token No Cash Value Trucksville, Dallas, PA 2 .00

Hanover 440 GREENIE'S CARWASH N . HANOVER PA rwm A WM 25 Sd rwm (eagle on emblem over wreath) (stars) .50

TENNESSEE Johnson City 400 PIT STOP CAR WASH (FRONT OF AUTO) A Bz 29 Sd 1005 South Roan Locally Owned by Tom & Nancy Blair 737-0279 rwm 4 .00

TEXAS Denison 270 (ex Unid 3.11) REGENCY CAR BATH (STARS) A Bz 25 Sd Free Car Wash hh (stars) 4 . 50,

UTAH Delta 200 WASH TIME CAR WASH 215 E . MAIN-DELTA UTAH rwm (CLOCK SET AT 3 O'CLOCK) A Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token (antique car) 1 .50

WASNINCTON Moses Lake 570 (ex Unid 296) SHAMMY SOFT AUTO WASH INC (ANTIQUE CAR) B Bz 29 Sd Good .For .One Dollar .in .Trade loo hh 1 .00

ONTARIO Barrie 60 SELF-SERV 71 ANN ST . BARRIE B B 27 Sd Carwash Token rwm (antique car) 1 .50 11 11 C B 27 Sd " (WM-plated) 3 .00

Orangeville 647 KARBATH FOR SELF-SERVE OR VACUUMS TOKEN A Bz 27 Sd Carwash Token (convertible car) 1 .50

Mississauga 530 IRVING (in LOGO) LAVE-AUTO A S 24 Sd Domtree Mississauga Ont . 2 .00

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Ads ob up to 3 column inchero in each catagoty are {,nee to AVA mvamteM . Large t. ado (%,, %, o1. butt page) mint to sent to the Ease Box editcti . A & mint Leaeh the m4nagen~ ty the FIFTH ob the acanth ob moue, n they wilt to held. boti next rnonth'o moue . Exception would to ib the ezUtot dec,:de4 on' an eanti.en" date o(, moue. Use the 2-tetten . State a",teuia ion in yow" ad, cuu weft a/a yowl, name, addkeVa and eomptete 9-digit zip code, whack can ' ,te bound ty toolu:ng at a pteviowo ad, ok. in the AVA rneMeahip wwotet. Sut>init only ONE ad pen, catagoty . Moae wilt 6e comtined into one ad, o& 'held boti neat nwnth'6 +moue. Pteaae, onlya.do 'elating toitermo lustedin. p nb o{, the American VecttmlotAssociation.

75 SALE I am selling my AVA library, Complete , sets of all the Over 750 savings stamps of 18 catalogues and check transit tokens in use today five different stores . Many istsd . Some very scarce . from Nova Scotia, Canada : different types and books. Freeman Send for list . INS) . 100-5, Y, AB, AC ; AD Larry Drive Larry Freeman for $27 .50. Includes postage 6500 Ely Vista 6500 Ely Vista Drive and insurance . Parma OH 44129-6149 Parma OH 44129-6149 Karl Gabsch 2820 Scenic Meadow St . 7 x ;5 Waldorf MD 20603-49-00 Donate your cull tokens and Let's trade . Send your TT ]WI] 440-B (depotel), for coins to the Boy and Girl list . Receive mine . Have $20 .00 each . Have several other varied tokens and Scouts . left . Please write . . J . H . Kytle exonu mia to trade for TT's Mort Dawson John Ciecka P . 0 . Box 535 100 Oakwood Avenue Colbert GA 30628- 1540 Society Hill Dr . Apartment B-3 Bensalem PA 19020-3689 West Hartford CT 04 CAR WASH 06119-2134 An offer you can't refuse, Generic (manufacturer's "as the Godfather would For the AVA members who say" . Two TT for one TT . srtock) car wash tokens . I attend various shows - will hundreds, many dif- Send up to 30 different, and have draw comments . Chrome I will send you up to 60 of ferent types from common oblong fare box with brass A free gift will be more mychoice . to scarcer and coin' collector . Has a key, included . E-mail : interesting . Will sell, or but needs some work to schoo l b usBenCaCS .com trade, for any tokens I can unlock . Send SASE for price "School Bus Ben" use . I collect about all kinds and further description . 216 Hampton Road of tokens. If you're Books of transfer tickets . E- Benton Harbor M1 interested, write or E-mail : mail : [email protected] 49022-5924 stevensf@Pullman .com "School Bus Ben" Forest Stevens 216 Hampton Road 313 SE Hill Street Benton Harbor MI Apartment B 49022-5924 Pullman WA 99163-2516 (Ado continued o n next page)

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Transfers, tickets, passes and Michigan tokens . Send list . any other fare forms from school busBen'CS .com lect all [FL] from IT'S to well as street railways of Scranton [School Bus Ben( trade tokens, as . Let me know PA, or Carbondale PA 216 Hampton Road Bryan Money in [FL] Charles Wrobleski Benton Harbor Ml what you have tokens of all kinds for sale 206 Green 49022=5924 Street or trade. I also purchase Clarks Green PA estate token collections of "FL' parking tokens 3500-A 18411-1212 ; all types, not just TT's, from 3630-D ; 3910-B ; (rev G) all locations . If you want to Need the following trans- still needed for my col- move an estate collection lection portation tokens: [IA] 380-J . I'll make generous cash offers quickly, contact m e for a thru 0 ; [NY] 35-I, J, K ; [NY] ($ 59 plus) or E- make a more than generous cash offer .(850)981-0693 . 630-U, V, AB, AC, AD, AE, mail Steve@Ratliff .com . Give AF ; [SC] 490=A, B trade offer . I also want [FL] . me a try . Patrick Stanford trade tokens plus "FL' Steve Ratliff 82 Drive' wooden TT]s with fare Borgundy 1717 St . Marys Bay Dr . Kensington CT increase over=prints . I col- Milton FL 32583-7343 06037=1838 (Conti.nued next column)

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP 3142 CARSON R, JONES - 4814 SOUTH CYPRESS DRIVE alnutpprt, Pennsylvania, 18088 Age 57 ; . Service Tech, Collects US, (Bill eber)(phone 610-767-6272)

FRED ROBINSON, AVA #1810 By Oliver Brauer I received a letter today from Mary E . Robinson stating that Fred Robinson, her son, passed away in his sleep on June 27, Fred was one of the closest pals I ever had in my life . We wrote every week and called each other on significant holidays . He possessed a great knowledge of public transportation all over the country and es- pecially of Ohio, His letters were always newsy and filled with information about our mutual interests . With the loss of Fred in our organization another big void is created . Fred wrote many articles that are included in Volume II, History of Transporta- tion Tokens of the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue . Anyone reading the stories can see how enthusiastic he was about our hobby . I have the deepest respect for the memory of Fred ..

Editor's note : I just received the above email from Ollie after I had typed all the other pages for this issue . So I have included the tribute here . Fred visited me in my office in Boston some years ago, and we had a delightful chat about the transit history of Ohio . He was as good as they come .

Win Nowell sends an interesting note about, Unidentified 1#20Q ; Seems. that a, John Doyle "chartered trolleys for private fan trips wi*th transit systems around North Am- erica . My wife and I rode one of his trips in Boston on October 9, 1994, That is a possibility, but I do think the token in question would be muchh older than that,

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VOLUME 57, NUMBER 8 AUGUST 2003 OUR 674th ISSUE August 27 . Back in Boston after a good summer . But first, the bad news . It seems that the downtown postoffice in Boston, on Postoffice Square, where I have had P .O . Box 1204 for the past 52 years, is closing . A new facility is opening ac- ross the street, and I have applied for a P .O . Box over there, but the old number 1204 will not be available . So we shall have a new address as of October 31 . After all these years! But mail addressed to the old P .O . Box 1204 will be forwarded for the next two years . When I know our new box number I shall list it here, and then change the masthead . We have had a few AVA members who achieved eminence in other fields . One thinks of Eddie Eagan, AVA 158, the only American to win Olympic gold medals in two different sports, who was the only AVA member to be pictured on a postage stamp (Scott 2499) . These thoughts came to me when I received the sad news (from George Cuhaj) that Albert Field, formerly AVA 129, of New York City, died this month . In January 2002 I reprinted his excellent article on the Hudson Tube tokens of NYC . A brilliant, meticulous collector, Albert was appointed by his personal friend the famed painter Salvador Dali to catalogue and authentic all of his paintings . As a consequence Albert published his Official Cataloque of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali . In a long obituary on August 12 of this year,the New York Times wrote "An eccentric genius, Dali found a kindred spirit in Mr . Field, who was not bound by convention himself . A thin, spectral figure with a wispy white beard, he lived and worked in a crammed row house in Astoria, Queens, decorated with large subway signs and, of course, Dalis ." He owned the world's largest collection of playing card decks (over 6,000 decks), had climbed the Matterhorn and Mount Fuji, and was on his way to having scaled the tallest peak in each of the 50 states . Albert was 86 at his death . We have some fascinating people in the AVA . My trip back to Boston from California was uneventful, but the traffic is taking the fun of driving across the country . My first night was in Winnemucca, NV, and next night at Little America, WY . Driving east out of Salt Lake City, up that long hot hill, the traffic was dreadful . After Little America I stayed at Sidney, NE, and next night at Gretna, NE . Traffic on 1-80 was tolerable until you go near a big city . I avoided Omaha by crossing the Missouri River at the bridge at Bellevue, and then with time on my hands I left 1-80 and drove south to Muscatine to cross the new bridge that replaced the one that used all those tokens . In 1964 I drove across the old bridge, rickety and clanking . The new bridge is toll-free .

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-Page 76- -August 2003- OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION President William A . Sowell - P .O. Box 1235 - Cathedral City, California 92235-1235 Vice-President Bill Weber - 6758 KOA Drive - New Tripoli, Pennsylvania 18066-2419 Secretary Karl E . Gabsch - 2820 Scenic Meadow - Waldorf, Maryland 20603 Treasurer Joel J . Reznick - 116 Meyerson Way - Wheeling, Illinois 60090 Curator Keith M . Haney - 4614 Stonegate Way - Corpus Christi, Texas 78411-4829 Past President John M . Hoffman - 8334 Heron Circle - Ooltewah, Tennessee 37363 The above, and the Editor of THE FARE BOX, constitute the Executive Board

My next stopover was Galesburg, IL . Downtown Galesburg was somnolent on Tuesday morning . You could almost shoot a cannon down any street without hitting anyone . That night I stayed at Angola, IN . Traffic was getting worse, although I had gone way out the way to avoid Chicago . Next day, having been told by Harold Ford that there was a new plastic token for Marshall, Ml, I stopped to check it out . Michigan is one of my favorite states . The weather is always nice and the people are always nice . Harold had given me an address he obtained off the internet for the dial a ride operation, but when I got there (City Hall) was told that Dial-a-Ride had moved to a new facility on the other side of town (across the river, over the railroad tracks, down by the new power house, I was informed Following those directions I arrived at a tiny parking lot where a dial-a-ride van was chugging, went upstairs, and talked the nice ladies in charge . They not only had the token Harold told me about, they also had another color of it . These are listed in this month's supplement . Then the lady said "You probably wouldn't want these other tokens because we stopped using them ." Of course I did, and she gave me 5 of each (these are also listed this month .) So I asked her if we could get 200 of each for our New Issues Service . As she had at least 300 of each in a sack I thought maybe I'd walk out of there with a supply . But I was told they'd have to get permission first . That night I stayed at Sarnia, Ontario . No problem at all crossing over from Port Huron to Sarnia . Next day was Thursday, and traffic thru Canada, especially east of Hamilton on a highway they call the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way) was dreadful all the way . Joe Radomski had warned me not to cross back into the USA via the Peace Bridge, so I went north and cross via the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge . There was a two-mile back-up of trucks over the bridge passing thru customs, but they let autos thru fairly rapidly . It didn't take over 20 minutes to get back into the USA . I arrived at the Adams Mark Hotel, site of the AVA Convention, Thursday after- noon to find a number of members already present . The Adams Mark is a beautiful hotel, one of the nicest I've ever patronized . Friday morning breakfast was included with our AVA registration, and the bourse room was open and busy . One of the first members I encountered was George Gentle, who showed me a 30mm brass token with "No Cash Value" on reverse, and "OLYMPIC PARK / (GO-KART) / GO-KART" on ob- verse . Doug Borden, also present, said the token was used at a go-kart track in Rochester about 1960-62, located at 1300 Scottsville Road . Since then Doug has made inquiries and learned the track still used the token as a $1 .25 ride as late as 1987 . I chatted with Norm Peters, a coin dealer of Lancaster, NY, who mentioned the two tokens simply inscribed B .T . CO . We've known about these for over 50 years, and long ago concluded they were telephone tokens . There are nickel tokens and dime tokens . Norm insists they were transit tokens used by Buffalo Transit Co . I want to see more evidence of that before listing them . They still strike me as more like telephone tokens (and they are so listed in telephone token catalogues) than bus tok- ens . In his 1943 Check List, Bernard Morganthau refers to the nickel token as defin- itely a telephone token . There were thousands of tokens available for sale or trade on lots of tables in the spacious room . Joel Reznick had brought all sorts of transit material he needed to dispose of including 3 fare boxes . Paul Cunningham's table groaned beneath the weight of all the tokens he brought, as did that of Roger Bolz . Roger, incidentally, brought his complete collection of every transportation token from Lincoln . He is the only person who has every Lincoln token (I still need NE 540 AF) .

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- August 2003- -Page 77- Friday afternoon was the Executive Board Meeting, and its minutes are printed in this issue . That night was the Annual Banquet in the hotel, and the food was plen- tiful and delicious . The desserts were especially good and we could have all we wanted . Saturday morning was the Convention Auction . I missed the first part of it be- cause I wanted to take advantage of an offer made by Joe Radomski . Joe drives a bus for Niagara Frontier Transit and offered to take some of us on his route . So four of us rode with Joe for a round-trip . Only two paying passengers on the outbound trip and, I believe, 4 or 5 on the inbound . But it gave us a chance to see a part of Buffalo they don't talk about in the tourist brochures . The auction was going strong when we returned, and prices were very much on the high side this year . That afternoon was the annual tour, on the light-rail system operated along Main Street in downtown Buffalo . This was a delightful ride . In addition to AVA members lots of regular passengers were on the car . My impression of Buffalo's downtown is that it has seen better days . A number of stores were boarded up . Once a great and famous city, perhaps the most notable event in its history was the assassination of President McKinley at the Pan American Exposition in 1901 . Following our ride we were taken to the maintenance facility adjacent to the old Lackawanna RR station, and shown how they keep the cars running . Following that, still aboard a chartered bus, we were driven to the Pierce Arrow Museum as the sky was threatening and rumbling . The Pierce Arrow, manufactured in Buffalo, was the car of the rich and famous back in the 1920's or thereabouts, if they couldn't quite afford a Duesenberg . This was a fascinating visit . The sky opened up with a roar just as we entered, and the museum was filled with artifacts of the Pierce Arrow and its era . James Sandoro, in charge of the museum, gave us an extensive talk about it and the car it celebrated . We had a wonderful Italian supper right at the museum, and after dinner Mr . Sandoro contin- ued to recite details of the history of the Pierce Arrow and Buffalo . Incidentally I should mention that at our Friday night banquet, Mr . Steve Mayer, former Director of the Peace Bridge, made a delightful and humorous speech about the history of the bridge (which has used several different kinds of tokens) . Sunday morning was the business meeting which, as always, was friendly, informa- tive, and brief . It was announced that our 2004 Convention will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina . Following the business meeting we adjourned to the hotel dining room for Sunday Brunch . This was included in our registration fee . Had we paid for it individually it would have cost $29 .95 each! It was sumptuous and delicious . The Adams Mark is a splendid hostelry, albeit a bit on the expensive side . After brunch I headed back to Boston via the New York Thruway . If I ever drive the NY Thruway again I should have my head examined . Traffic was horrendous the entire length of it . It just never let up . This highway was built at least 35 years ago and was adequate for the traffic at the time . But it's still the same highway now handling at least 4 times the traffic . Exhausted, I stopped at Amsterdam, NY, for the night . Next day I was home in Boston before noon . Traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike was heavy, but not anything as awful as that on the NY Thruway . All in all, in spite of traffic, it was a good trip . The new Lincoln runs like a dream and got 30 mpg on the highway, not bad for such a big car . But next year, I think I might try Amtrak again for the first time since 1991 (if it's still running) . I've been asked to announce the October 10-11 meeting of IKO TAMS, which will meet at the Dayton (Ohio) Airport Hotel on US Rte 40 in Vandalia, 10 miles north of dayton . Friday Oct . 10 members only 1-4 pm ; public 4-8 . Saturday 9-3 public . No admission charge . Auction Saturday, 20 dealers . More info, contact Jack Siles at 513-922-5187 . We're going to make a special list of carousel tokens that are good for rides but don't say so . Bill Garrison will put it together if you will send him descriptions and rubbings of any that you have . (9505 Normandy Ave . - Morton Grove, IL 60053-1337 .

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-Page 78- -August 2003- THE LONDON HORSECAR TOKENS OF GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN By John Tolson A short article entitled "Tolls in London" made me examine my token collection for anything of interest but, although I have numerous tollbridge tokens--some still in use today--I could find nothing from London . Nor do I have a token specifically for a road toll . But the tokens issued by the Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway on its line between Hanley and Burslem covered a 3d . fare as the horse trams passed thru a tollgate, for which passengers were charge one penny . This short line opened on 13 January 1862, was the last of six such "street railways" promoted by that charismatic American, George Francis Train, which all issued similar tokens for an otherwise standard 2d . fare purchasable in advance at 8 for 1/- . The first of these ventures was opened on 30 August 1860 between Woodside Ferry and the public park in Birkenhead, being extended to Oxton in the following year . As with all Train's tramways, the use of a "step rail" which could stand 3/4" proud of the road surface, even if it conformed to specification, caused prob- lems for both horses and unwary pedestrians . But in both Birkenhead and the Potteries this was soon eliminated by the substitution of grooved rail by the new lessees, so the first and last of Train's enterprises survived, albeit thru amalgam- ation into the electric tram era . But the three lines in London : the Marble Arch, Westminster, and Surrey Side Street Railways, all had a short and somewhat fraught existence, mainly thru problems caused by the step rail . Opened on 23 March, 15 April, and 15 August, 1861, they were closed in September 1861, and on 6 March and 21 June 1862, res- pectively, even though the Surrey Side line had carried an estimated 729,111 passengers while taking of 5,664 Pounds in the first 9 months of operation . A further isolated tramway in Darlington--the only one despite the American involvement to be designated a "railroad"--opened on 1 January 1862, and closed three years later, leaving Darlington without trams for some 16 years . The tokens were all oval with the inscription "Train's Patent" and picturing a horse tram passing an archway, probably Marble Arch, on each reverse, and the title of the specific street railway on the obverse . Apart from the unique silver token presented to Train by the Surrey Side Street Railway, all the lines issued brass tokens, but the Marble Arch and Staffordshire Potteries companies also had similar, but larger, bronze or copper tokens . Unlike the provincial tokens, the London pieces, including Train's personal token, were all pierced, and Ken Smith states that ld . cardboard tickets were also issued for these lines, although I have not as yet seen one . Members should be aware that modern versions of the Staffordshire Potteries tokens are in existence, as are Fantasy pieces for the Leicestershire and Warwick- shire Street Railways, two of train's projected lines which were never built . Editor's note : The above excellent article by AVA member John Tolson, is reproduced by the kind permission of Mr. Tolson from the June 2003 issue of The Journal of the Transport Ticket Society (Editor : David Harman - 24 Frankfield Rise - Tunbridge Wells TN2 5LF, U .K .) This is a beautifully put together maga- zine of some 46 pages per issue, dealing with cardboard and paper tickets of the whole world (including the U .S .A .) The tokens themselves are illustrated on page 149 of Ken Smith's Catalogue of World Horsecar, Horseomnibus, Streetcar and Bus Transportation Tokens (pub- lished 1990), including a photo of Train's personal silver token (which was owned by Smith) . Ken Smith always presumed the Train tokens to be passes, but Mr. Tolson has determined that they were regular transportation tokens . There is also a modern-made "fantasy" (i .e ., fake) of the John Phillips Liver- pool token (England 470 D) . The original is 28x19mm ; the fake is 24x14mm . To my chagrin I have discovered that my specimen is the modern fake . = J . C .

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-August 2003- -Page 79- AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION BUFFALO, NEW YORK MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Taken by: Karl E. Gabsch

The 53RD Annual Executive meeting of the American Vecturist Association was called to order by President John Hoffmann at 2:45PM, in Suite 612 of the Adams Mark Hotel, Buffalo, New York on Friday, August 8, 2003 .

Attendees were : John Hoffmann, President William Sowell, Vice President & New Issues Manager Karl E. Gabsch, Secretary Joel Reznick, Treasurer & Convention Chairman Keith Haney, Curator & Archivist John Coffee, Editor of the Fare Box

Old Business: President Hoffmann recognized that Bill Weber, Bill Coleman and Ed Axthelm have been working on the World Transportation Token Catalogue supplement and publication is anticipated for 2004 . President Hoffmann opened a discussion regarding the duties and responsibilities of the Car Wash Token New Issue Service Manager . A motion was made by Joel Reznick, seconded by Keith Haney and unanimously approved that the duties and responsibilities of this position are as follows : 1 . A minimum of three shipments per year providing the manager has the tokens on hand . 2. During those months in which there will not be a shipment the manager must notify the Editor of the Fare Box. The Editor then will insert a notice in the Fare Box indicating that there will not be a Car Wash Token New Issue shipment. 3. Only tokens that have been attributed to a city and state may be sent to the members of the Car Wash Token New Issue Service . President Hoffmann will draft a letter to the Car Wash Token New Issue Manager to notify him of his responsibilities and duties . President Hoffmann opened a discussion regarding the 25 & 50-year service medals . It was decided that the 25-year medal will be silver and the 50-year medal will be gold plated . Additionally the reverse of the medal will be the standard AVA logo found on our tour tokens . Joel Reznick reported that he has reviewed the obverse die work available to us by the mint that makes our convention tokens and indicated that it is unsatisfactory . He also indicated that there had been no response from the field of membership when a plea was published in the Fare Box for suggestions and or drawings for the obverse . Until an obverse design is developed, submitted and agreed upon this item must be tabled . President Hoffmann indicated that the Sixth Edition of THEATWOOD - COFFEE CATALOGUE of United States and Canadian Transportation Tokens will be published in 2005 providing all copies of the Fifth Edition have been sold . The Sixth Edition will have the following changes made to it: 1 . All tokens will have a suggested value assigned to them . 2. Pricing will be moved to reflect the current value of the piece with special emphasis being placed on those tokens valued at $75 .00 and above . 3 . John Coffee will solicit via the Fare Box suggested price changes as he did prior to the publishing of the Fifth edition. Please wait for this announcement in the Fare Box before submitting your suggestions or recommendations .

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It should be noted here that President Hoffmann indicated that MO 910-I is currently over priced . He is aware of at least thirty examples of this token and the value should be reduced to $1 .00. President Hoffmann opened a discussion regarding the printing of a new edition of the CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTHAMERICA catalogue. John Coffee reported that only 150 out of 500 copies printed of the Second Edition have been sold . A new edition will not be published until all 500 copies have been sold . The discussion then moved on to publishing a supplement similar to the annual Transportation Token Supplement, which is completed by Ted Meyers . The following members have volunteered to compile and submit on an annual basis a Car Wash Token Supplement . Keith Haney, Lou Lockwood and Karl E . Gabsch. The first supplement will be available for sale by April l 2004 and will include all additions, corrections and price changes for the time period from August 2001 through and including December 2003 .

New Business: Treasurer Reznick announced that the AVA seal has been passed to Keith Haney for safekeeping. Treasurer Reznick indicated that Henry Nesbitt has volunteer to accept the position of Memorial Chairman for our organization . His responsibilities will include but not be limited to the sending of sympathy cards to a deceased member's survivors . Maintaining the list of deceased members. Providing the President with a list of members for memorial announcement during the conventions business meeting. Treasurer Reznick announced that there had not been any nominations for the election of officers this year. The Board by Acclamation decided on the following officers for the 2003 to 2005 period. President William Sowell Vice President Bill Weber Secretary Karl E. Gabsch Treasurer Joel Reznick Curator Keith Haney Past President John Hoffman

Editor Coffee requested of the Secretary what is sent by the organization to a new member . A new member receives the following information : 1 . A Welcome letter. 2 . A copy of the AVA By-Laws . 3 . A copy of the Membership Roster . 4. Two blank applications . 5 . Their Membership card. 6. A complimentary package of tokens from the genre in which the new member has expressed their collecting interest is in. Secretary Gabsch provided the new member reports as listed below for 2001 and 2002. These reports are based upon the calendar year . Membership Running Total

Year Deceased New Re-Instated Resigned Did not Renew Converted to Life Total Regular Life 2000 650 2001

Sponsors for the same period :

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2001 Sponsors 2002 Sponsors

Name New Members Name New Members Bob Schnieder 12 Bob Schnieder 18 Bill Weber 10 John Coffee 9 John Coffee 7 Bill Weber 9 Louis Crawford 5 Henry Nesbitt 2 John Cieka 3 Joel Reznick 2 Jack Wingerter 2 Cliff Brehan 1 John Burdy 1 Bill Coleman 1 John Hoffmann 1 Mike Harrington 1 Hal Ford 1 John Hoffmann 1 Gene Hurford 1 Les McCalip 1 Bill Sowell 1 Bud Nelson 1 John Ohlson 1 Jack Wingerter 1 Total 44 Total 48

Secretary Gabsch proposed that effective January 1"2003 an award be presented to the member who sponsors the greatest number of new members each year . The executive board approved this proposal. Beginning with our convention in August 2004 an award will be given to the member who sponsors the greatest number of new members to the organization . The recipient must be present at the convention to receive the honor . Convention Chairman Reznick proposed the location for our 2004 convention to be Charlotte, N .C. The executive board unanimously approved this location. President Hoffman ended the meeting at 4 :00PM.

EARLY BIRD AVA MEMBERS VISIT HERSCHELL CARROUSEL On Thursday several AVA members who had arrived early for the AVA Convention went to the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda . There they found two previously unknown wood tokens being used for rides, and both are listable as they carry the appropriate wording : HERSCHELL/CARROUSEL/FACTORY/MUSEUM Wg 38 Sd Good For One/(carousel frog)/Carrousel Ride HERSCHELL/CARROUSEL/FACTORY/MUSEUM/INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF/THE CARROUSEL - 2000 Wi 38 Sd Good For One/(2 carousel horses)/Carrousel Ride Each member on the visit also was presented a nice souvenir of the occasion : CARROUSEL MUSEUM WELCOMES/THE AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION/(CAROUSEL FROG) We 50 Sd On the Occasion of Their 53rd Annual Convention/ Herschell/Carrousel/Factory/Museum As I was too late for the trip, another member very kindly obtained specimens of the above tokens for me . I don't know if any extras will be available . Notice the Museum preserves the older spelling "carrousel," which has been replaced nearly everywhere by the simpler "carousel ."

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-Page 82- -August 2003- Minutes of Business Meeting American Vecturist Association Annual Convention Buffalo, NY August 10, 2003 Taken by: Bill Sowell & John Hoffmann

The 53`d Annual Business meeting of the American Vecturist Association was called to order by President John Hoffmann at 9 :05 AM on August 10, 2003 in the Wright room of the Adams Mark Hotel in Buffalo, New York. President Hoffmann recognized Bob Schopp on the occasion of his first convention attendance. President Hoffman then gave a brief summary of a few of the thirteen A .V.A. members who passed away since our last convention . The list of members who have passed away since our last convention can be found elsewhere in the Fare Box . Special recognition was given to Irwin Skoggins for his generous donation of his collection of transit tokens to the A.V.A., also noted were Ralph Brown and Fred Robinson. A moment of silence was observed . As the call for nominations for A .V.A. Officers drew no response, and as the current officers have already served two terms, the Executive Committee nominated Bill Sowell for the office of President, Bill Weber for the office of Vice-president . A motion to accept these nominations was made by President John Hoffmann and seconded by Bob Kelley . The vote on the motion was unanimous . Outgoing President Hoffmann passed the gavel and meeting to incoming President Sowell, who took the podium to conduct the remainder of the Business Meeting . President Sowell entertained a motion to accept the minutes of the 52 °d Annual Convention as published in the Fare Box, as the Secretary was not present . Roger Bolz so moved and seconded by Henry Nesbitt . The motion passed by unanimous vote . President Sowell then named to the audit committee ; Phil Lavorgna; Bob Schottin and Alan Collings. Joel Reznick gave the Treasurer's Report, listing A . V.A. income, funds on hand, disbursements made for the past year. Life Memberships are up, increasing the fund slightly . Overall fund investment interest is lower since last year, but shares of existing funds converted to a new fund were higher by approximately $200.00. The audit committee held the report for approval. The Secretary's Report can be found in the minutes of the Executive Board meeting. John Coffee gave the Fare Box report . Separate reports for the 2°d Half 2002 and Pt Half 2003 were made . There is a surplus of $681 .00 now because of Irwin Scroggins contribution of his collection and sales in excess of $3,000 .00 from that collection which aided the A.V.A. Fund. Mr. Coffee went on to add that there were still over 200 of the Fifth Edition catalogues remaining, enough for at least two years . He reported that to get the best pricing on a new catalogue it would be necessary to order at least 2000 copies . Joel Reznick motioned to accept the report as read, second provided by Roger Bolz . Approval was unanimous . Joel also mentioned that Ted Meyers had detected die varieties from the Godose book that were noted but were erroneous in their listings . These need to be corrected by Meyers in the next catalogue. President Sowell added that the new catalogue will indicate pricing for Passes, Pattern and Miscellaneous tokens requested input on prices to use here as well as on regular token listings be provided to Mr . Coffee for consideration. Please do not guess values, but provide reason for the suggestions. A question from the floor: "Will the Godsoe book ever be revised." Answer: "Probably never." The task would be a daunting one ; to obtain, photograph and catalogue the results would be an overwhelming task. Larry Kemper suggested a committee be formed to update and add die varieties in loose-leaf form . John Coffee suggested that Larry be Chairman and items and information be sent to him.

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-August 2003- -Page 83- Keith Haney then gave the Curator's Report . He mentioned the numerous items he has stored in two file cabinets in his home . There has been no recent activity in adding old photographs to the archives . Yosef Sa'ar from Israel requested copies of two issues of Fare Box, which Mr. Haney copied and sent to Yosef. Keith also handles the auction, which had a total sales volume of $12,242 .46 for this year. Mr. Haney then read the list of new 10 Year Membership award recipients and presented Bill Weber with his medallion . Old Business - Bill Weber gave a status report on the update of the World Token Catalogue Supplement. Ed Axthelm and Bill Coleman are helping put together the supplement using 1980's, 1990's and 2000's Fare Box listings . If others are known, the membership is requested to send the data on them to Bill Weber . The new supplement will be in a format similar to the Atwood-Coffee supplements . It will be dedicated to the Smith Family & Curt Smith who has helped Bill with data and new items . Car Wash Token N.I.S . More assistance in locating and obtaining new Car Wash Tokens for distribution is requested from the membership . Please coordinate new finds with Rodger Bolz. Every effort will be made to make three shipments in the next twelve-month period . Car Wash Token Supplement. Karl E. Gabsch and Louis Lockwood are working together to produce a supplement by the end of the first quarter of 2004. Twenty-five and Fifty Year Membership Medals . Joel has researched the available stock medal availability for these awards, but they are lacking in appeal . Members are again requested to research availability in their local areas and or to design and submit proposals to the Treasurer . As an incentive an unused Literary Award Medal (Convention Token struck in Silver) will be awarded to the winner . The primary prerequisite is that the two medals have the numerals 25 and 50 on them and be artistic in nature. New Business - Henry Nesbitt has assumed Memorial duties and will be sending out cards to the family of AVA members who have passed away . He will begin with the most recent members who have departed our ranks. Joel Reznick has provided a supply of velum cards and envelopes for the purpose . John Hoffmann will continue to manage the usage of the A .V.A. Display Board. He has requested help for using it at different transportation functions, coin shows, conventions, meetings, etc. Should there be an event in your area please contact John to arrange for the use of the board and supplies. Bill Weber and Bob Schneider are bringing in the majority of new members. A plaque will be awarded to the non-officer who brings in the most new members each year . The awardee must be present at the convention to accept the plaque each year . Henry Nesbitt asked about a means of stimulating members to attend annual conventions . Joel Reznick suggested personal contact to those within 150 miles of the convention site with a personal invitation to attend He suggested the Vice-president perform this task . Perhaps an incentive could be created to entice new attendees . Joel Reznick gave an official greeting to convention attendees as the official host . He mentioned old Fare Box issues he has acquired and will send what is needed to anyone that needs some - free. He also gave a short talk on collecting varieties as a way to get revitalized in the collecting game and as an alternate to one's main collecting interest. Larry Kemper mentioned the Lancaster, Ohio's 440 series which has over twenty varieties in different colors . Joel Reznick then mentioned Jim Hemphill as a friend in tokens that would do anything that he could to help or that needed to be done . He went on to say that Keith Haney is a new friend that also does anything now and is very much appreciated. Joel then thanked John Coffee for everything he's done for the A.V.A for these many past years . The new A.V.A. shirts are very nice and Joel will take orders for new shirts . (See the Dec 2002 Fare Box, page 142 for ordering information .)

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-Page 84- -August 2003- John Coffee than gave information about Irwin Scroggins . His grandson delivered Irwin's token collection to John's home early this year. The auction of the collection brought in over $3,000 to the A . V.A. treasury. Joel Reznick suggested a resolution be sent to the family and John Coffee proposed the wording. Bill Weber made the motion to approve the resolution, Henry Nesbitt seconded and it was approved unanimously . The floor was opened for comments and thanks - John Coffee mentioned that in past years individuals were hurt or bore ill feeling when their efforts were not remembered . Thus no specific individuals were mentioned, but a few general comments were made . President Sowell then announced that the 2004 Convention would be held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Louis Lockwood asked if the NASCAR schedule had been consulted for a conflict of schedules as the race fans take every available room during race events . Joel said he would check the schedule as soon as possible for any conflict . The Audit Committee reviewed the Treasurer's report and approved it . Roger Bolz moved to approve the audit committee report . Louis Lockwood seconded the motion, which passed unanimously . The business meeting was then adjourned at 10 :48AM.

It is with remorse and fond memories that we list those members who have passed away since our 2002 Convention .

Lawrence S. Hopper ---- # 1268 ---- Texas Donald Capper ---- # 763 -- England Kenneth Reuben # 2328 --- Connecticut Ed Wadhams ---- # 381 --- Connecticut Glen Williams --- # 970 ---Wisconsin Ralph Brown ---- # 2028 -- Hawaii Warren Paynter ---- # 1720 ---- Maryland J. L. Hargett ---- # 769 -- Oklahoma William L. Bridge # 2544 Indiana Ernest ( E. D.) Ebert ---- # 893 California D. Meade Peebles ---- # 13 ---- Arizona Irwin Scroggins ---- # 362 Wisconsin Fred Robinson # 1810 Ohio

MORE PLASTIC TOKENS At the convention Roger Bolz showed me a bunch of plastic tokens, some of which are errors and some muled fantasies . For instance he had a green octagonal 38mm with the same obverse as NY 25 L : "City of Amsterdam Transit Regular Pas- senger" but on its reverse it has the letters E Z separated by a lightning bolt . I phoned the authority in Amsterdam and they said this token was definitely nothing they had ever used or ordered . Roger also had a 23mm green plastic with white letters : "Bimie / Bus / Tours, / Inc . /I 315-379-9935" So we phoned the number on the token and learned this one is in use in the Potsdam area of northern New York . We shall probably get this one for the New Issues Service . Finally he had a 32mm brown plastic with black letters : BJ/CJMTA / "THE BUS" on obverse with a bus pictured on reverse . It's from Butler, PA, and they have several different colors in use . We're working on it .

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-August 2003- -Page 85- Prices Realized at the 2003 AVA Convention Auction Page 1 of 2 Lot Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold 1 27 50 6 99 18.5 148 77 197 51 246 5.75 295 135 2 171 51 121 100 21 149 14.5 198 5 247 20 296 44.5 3 22 52 2.7 101 12 150 28 199 25 248 173 297 72 4 8.5 53 5.75 102 7.5 151 33 200 3.25 249 3 298 34 5 2.5 54 212 103 2.75 152 2 .75 201 3.4 250 260 299 4.4 6 7.5 55 4.1 104 3.15 153 12 .25 202 152 251 11 300 100 7 8.25 56 7 105 8 154 13 203 5 252 5.5 301 22 8 3.2 57 14 106 3.75 155 2 .5 204 5 253 8 302 21 9 23 58 2.3 107 3.25 156 10 205 13.5 254 6.5 303 4.25 10 27 59 25 108 2.5 157 16 206 7.5 255 38.5 304 17.75 11 87 60 1 .5 109 10 158 25 207 7.5 256 110 305 85 12 41 61 1 .5 110 5.5 159 5 208 29 257 73 306 19 13 3.5 62 1 .5 111 5.2 160 155 209 8 258 7.15 307 136 14 4 .5 63 85 112 5.75 161 2.45 210 26 259 18 308 18.5 15 4 64 21 .5 113 5.75 162 40 211 20 260 7 309 2.5 16 19 65 18.5 114 8.5 163 4 212 8.8 261 14 310 25 17 19 66 6 115 2.8 164 3.5 213 18 262 5.75 311 19 18 17.7 67 5 116 3.5 165 15.5 214 6 263 51 312 75.01 19 16 68 3.25 117 27 166 5.6 215 8.25 264 14 .5 313 68 20 2.5 69 30 118 6.9 167 4 216 30 265 8.25 314 7.75 21 3.5 70 39 119 9.7 168 2.8 217 28 266 19.5 315 6.5 22 255 71 5 120 12 169 16 218 12 267 121 316 43 23 3 72 140 121 8.65 170 4.75 219 2.5 268 7.5 317 4 24 4 73 342 122 7.5 171 3.5 220 79 269 6.5 318 2 25 6.25 74 8.5 123 13 172 3.75 221 51 270 10 319 80 26 9 75 4.75 124 7.6 173 W/D 222 2.6 271 39 320 3.9 27 9.5 76 104 125 28 174 2 223 12.25 272 35 321 6.6 28 4 .5 77 4 126 5.5 175 8 224 9 273 11 322 8.25 29 13.25 78 3.75 127 7 176 9.5 225 18 274 33 323 7.5 30 5 79 5.5 128 6 177 3.75 226 25 275 39 324 7.5 31 3 80 20 129 9 178 2.75 227 292 276 23 325 5 32 1 .5 81 13 130 3.5 179 7 .25 228 25 277 43 326 8.25 33 12.25 82 17 131 5.56 180 5.5 229 5.5 278 13 327 3.15 34 12.3 83 3.75 132 190 181 3.5 230 5.75 279 98 328 39 35 2.75 84 3.75 133 10 182 2.2 231 23 280 215 329 3 36 5.5 85 8 134 10 183 2 232 41 281 10 330 20 37 17 86 10.2 135 14 184 14 233 16.5 282 167 331 112 38 8 87 2.75 136 15 185 18 234 21 283 112 332 9.2 39 11 88 16 137 4 186 5 235 74 284 220 333 33 40 3 .3 89 7.5 138 1 .9 187 15.5 236 25 285 221 334 22 41 7.5 90 13.5 139 1 .35 188 38.5 237 61 286 15 335 6.5 42 2.4 91 16 140 1 189 3.6 238 52 287 7.5 336 3.25 43 15.5 92 6.5 141 23 190 15 239 17.6 288 110 337 7.5 44 3.5 93 4 142 17 191 12 240 9.75 289 140 338 43 45 3.5 94 4.5 143 47 192 27.5 241 19.5 290 82 339 5.5 46 30 95 35 144 8.44 193 19.5 242 330 291 4 .4 340 3.25 47 43 96 36 145 27 194 19.5 243 10 292 1 .5 341 5.5 48 1 .5 97 8.8 146 4.5 195 7.5 244 173 293 170 342 39 W9 15.: 98 15 147 16 196 8 .5 245 172 294 86 .75 343 132

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Prices Realized at the 2003 AVA Convention Auction Page 2 of 2 Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold Lot Sold 344 181 363 2.14 382 22 401 11 .05 420 22 439 5.5 458 15 345 6.6 364 7.5 383 7.5 402 4.6 421 7 .8 440 7.5 459 7.5 346 8 365 8.5 384 144 403 4.4 422 7.8 441 9 460 11 347 20 366 16 385 12.5 404 7.5 423 52 442 5 461 1 .7 348 20 367 4.75 386 9 405 6.6 424 6.7 443 5.5 462 1 .5 349 20 368 6 387 67 406 10 425 4 444 13 .2 463 1 .6 350 15 369 6.5 388 27.5 407 14 426 2 .5 445 6 464 2 .2 351 9 370 3.5 389 20 408 4.5 427 5 446 6 465 2 352 7 .8 371 19 390 4.5 409 16.75 428 14 447 10.5 466 1 .1 353 2.5 372 11 391 6.5 410 12 429 10 448 18 .5 467 2 354 2.55 373 51 392 137 411 40 430 7.5 449 8 468 3.25 355 7.5 374 9.5 393 24 412 9.7 431 7 450 9 .5 469 3.25 356 2.4 375 4 .5 394 49 413 8.8 432 5.6 451 10 470 1 .1 357 2.5 376 8.25 395 30 414 1 .5 433 5.5 452 6 471 6 .11 358 3.35 377 3.25 396 39 415 3 434 6 453 9.5 472 7.35 359 3.25 378 6 397 20 416 4.4 435 3.5 454 8 473 8.5 360 2.5 379 5 398 36 417 4.15 436 3 455 11 474 5.6 361 8.25 380 7 399 21 418 1 .75 437 3.75 456 7 475 5.6 362 8 381 4.75 400 7.5 419 3.65 438 3.5 457 7.5 476 5.25

My thanks to Joel Reznick for calling another Convention Auction, and to my wife Sandra for the data entry, and Bill and Janine Sowell for the computer, printer, and help doing the final sorts . See pages 35-37 of the April, 2003 Fare Box for the copiete listing of the Auction Tokens . The Annual AVA Convention Auction drew 56 mail bidders of whom 40 got something .There were 19 bidding on the floor, of whom 17 spent $7,962 .20. One token was withdrawn for mis-attribution . The total sales were $12,234.76 Please start thinking about what you want to put into next year's Auction, and get me the list after the first of the year Yours Trolley, Keith M . Haney, Curator

Fred Sader reports that SC 20 A, the Aiken woodnik, has been found with pen inscriptions put on by the transit authority itself to denote special uses . Some of the tokens have J K on them, some have a dab of black ink on one or both sides, some have OAW over 01 on obverse . We don't list hand-altered woodniks, but this is worth noting . . Roger Bolz obtained several of a 20mm brown plastic with silver lettering inscribed SEDRO-WOOLLEY, WA / (TROLLEY) / 1 RIDE / TROLLEY PARK (on obverse, and) sedro-WOOLLEY / WA / TROLLEY PARK (on reverse) . I phoned Sedro Woolley to see about getting a quantity, only to learn that they do not have a trolley there and the token is not good for anything . It's just a souvenir . They have hopes in the future, though . Roger also had some yellow and green plastic octagonals (38mm) with blank re- verses inscribed on obverse : RIVERSIDE / RIDE AT / YOUR OWN / RISK / AMUSE- MENT PARK in gold lettering . We have no idea where these are used . Riverside Park is a fairly common name and there are several of them . Any ideas? The Editor would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of everyone at the AVA Convention, to thank Joel Reznick once again for doing all the work necessary to provide a wonderful convention for all of us . Those who haven't been to an AVA convention don't know what they're missing .

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-August 2003- -Page 87- SUPPLEMENT #25 TO CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICA BY HAROLD V . FORD SECOND EDITION

FLORIDA Leesburg 470 (ex Unid 267) BEST LITTLE CAR WASH IN TOWN rwm (CAR WITH RAYS ABOVE) B o Bz 25 Sd Self-Serve Token (antique car) 3 .50 ILLINOIS Lincoln 510 (ex Unid 273, 274) GB OIL (inside circle in an oil drop) A o B 29 Sd Easy Car Kare 1 Automatic Wash Brushless . . . The Perfect Wash! rwm 3 .00 GB OIL (inside circle and) hm (in an oil drop) B o B 29 Sd Easy Car Kare 1 Automatic Wash Brushless The Perfect Wash! 3 .00 INDIANA Elkhart 260 (ex Unid 557 & new one) DRIVE & SHINE CAR WASH DRIVE & SHINE (AUTO) E Bz 27 Sd Drive & Shine Car Wash 1 00 hm 1 .00 F o Bz 25 Sd " " " " " " " 1 .50 NEVADA Las Vegas 500 TROPICANA TOPAZ SELF-SERVE rwm B 0 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token rwm (convertible car) 5 .00

NEW JERSEY Hackensack 300 SPOTLESS CARWASH TOUCHLESS LASER RIVER & ANDERSON-STS OPP . SEARS HACKENSACK, NJ 07601 201-487-6500 A Bz 29 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hm 5 .50 OHIO Toledo 860 CONRAD'S CAR WASH 3540 AIRPORT HY . TOLEDO, OHIO K o Pg 32 Sd Rain Check (open umbrella with rain drops) (white printing) 3 .00 PENNSYLVANIA Hanover 440 GREENIE'S CARWASH N . HANOVER PA rwm B B 25 Sd rwm (eagle on emblem over wreath) (stars) .50 UTAH Provo 650 THE CAR WASH PROVO, UTAH THE PLACE FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE hh G Bz 22 Sd Carwash Token (antique car) 1 .00 VERMONT Barre 60 LAZER WASH OPEN 24 HRS rwm VT . on (STATE MAP) B Bz 22 Sd Carwash Token rwm (front of auto) 7 .00 WASHINGTON Spokane 840 EXXON CAR WASH SPRAGUE & ADAMS (ANTIQUE CAR) K o B 29 Sd Token For 1 Automatic Wash Roto-Rail Brushless Spot-Free Automatic No Cash Value 7 .50

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-Page 88- -August 2003- AUGUST SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford

ALASKA Soldotna 825 (Reported by Roger Bolz & John Coffee) ALASKA CAB/$2/SOLDOTNA 262-1555/KENAI 283-6000 A Pb 41 Sd Alaska Cab/Ride Value $2 .00/(map of Alaska) (white printing) $2 .00 ALASKA CAB/$5/SOLDOTNA 262-1555/KENAI 283-6000 B Pb 41 Sd Alaska Cab/Ride Value $5 .00/(map of Alaska) (white printing) 5 .00 ALASKA CAB/CAB CASH/$5/SOLDOTNA 262-1555/ KENAI 283-6000 C Pw 41 Sd Alaska Cab /Soldotna/262-1555/Kenai/283-6000/ (map of Alaska) (blue printing) 5 .00 ALASKA CAB /SOLDOTNA/262-1555 /KENAI/283-6000/ (MAP OF ALASKA) D Pr 41 Sd Independent Living Center/262/6333/Fare Amount/ # of/Tokens/$3-$7 1/$8-$12 2/$13-$17 3/$18-$22 4 (white printing) 5 .00

MICHIGAN Marshall 610 (Reported by Roger Bolz & John Coffee) MARSHALL/DIAL/-A-/RIDE C Pp 38 Sd 781-3975 (black printing) (4mm thick) 1 .00 D Pr 38 Sd " " " .50 E o Pr 38 Sd Farmer Jack (white printing) (4mm thick) 1 .00 FELPAUSCH'S/SENIOR CITIZEN TOKEN/GOOD FOR FREE RIDE/TO OR FROM /FELPAUSCH/FOOD CENTER/ ON MARSHALL/DIAL-A-RIDE F o We 38 Sd Five Wooden Nickels/25C/(buffalo) 1 .00

MINNESOTA Milaca 535 (Reported by Roger Bolz & Harold Ford) RRTC, INC ./MILLE LACS CO/HEARTLAND EXPRESS (OVER HEART) A Po 32 Sd Interim/ .254 (black printing) .25 B Pr Oc Sd One-Way/In-Town " (37mm) .75 C Pw 41 Sd One-Way/In-County/0-5 Miles " 1 .00 D Py 41 Sd One-Way/In-County/6-10 Miles . 1 .50 E Pg 41 Sd One-Way/In-County/10+ Miles " 2 .00 F Pb Oc Sd One-Way/Out of/County " (37mm) 4 .00

Sauk Rapids 790 (Reported by Joe Radomski & John Coffee) TRI-CAP/TRANSIT CONNECTION/COMMUNITY/ ONE-WAY FARE/800-600-7498/202-7824 B Pw 32 Sd (same as obverse) (black printing) 1 .00 TRI-CAP/TRANSIT CONNECTION/RURAL FARE/ 800-600-7498/202-7824 C Pe 41 Sd (same as obverse) (white printing) 5 .00

OHIO Kent 425 (Reported by John Coffee) PARTA/(800) 673-1287 B Pg 29 Sd One/Fare (black printing) 1 .00 C Py 29 Sd " " .50 D Pr 29 Sd 50t/Off " 1 .00

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-August 2003- -Page 89- PENNSYLVANIA Athens 57 (Reported by Joe Radomski) ENDLESS MOUNTAINS/TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY/ (BUS in front of MOUNTAINS) A B 25 Sd Good For/One Fare/ Rwl $0 .50

UTAH Salt Lake City 750 (Reported by Phil Lavorgna) SALT LAKE CITY/UTAH/2002/NOT LEGAL TENDER/ (BUS, TROLLEY, P, P (incuse on) PARKING METER) W B 23 Sd SLC/Downtown/Parking/Transit/Token MM-plated) 1 .25

ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS IA 640 S : Obv ., delete priod after CO (see pictures in Volume II) WY 120 R : (listed 3/03), value should be $1 .00 (not 50C)

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD The four Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska, plastic tokens are currently in use, but due to a limited supply and their cost, the New Issues Service probably won't handle . John Coffee stopped by at Marshall, MI, on his way to the Buffalo Convention, thanks to a report of a new token by Roger Bolz . John found two new tokens in current use (610 C,D) and two that are no longer in use (610 E,F) . John asked about quantities for the N .I .S ., especially of the two obsolete ones, as they had at least 300 of each on hand, but was told they would have to check with management (as the tokens were not owned by them) . They seemed to think it would be OK . Stay tuned . They operate five dial- a- ride vans and were very friendly . The Rum River Transportation Collaborate, Inc ., of Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, recently issued 6 plastic tokens . M N 535 A is a "bridge" token used, when needed, to add fare to the 754 535 B fare (local one-way) and 535 C (0-5 miles) . MN 535 D and E are for more distant travel . MN 535 F is for out of county travel to Brain- erd, St . Cloud, or Elk River . Because of limited supplies at the source it is doubt- ful if the NIS will handle these at present . Tri Cap of Sauk Rapids, MN, recently issued the two listed plastics . M N 790 B is a $1 local fare . M N 790 C is a rural $5 fare . The local authority charged us a total of $19 .00 for two of each, saying the added premium over fare value was be- cause the tokens "had to be taken out of circulation ." Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority of Kent, Ohio, recently issued the three listed plastic tokens . OH 425 B is used by the general public ; 425 C is for the elderly ; 425 D is given out by Tops Grocery Store to patrons who purchase at least $10 .00 . Endless Mountains Transportation Authority is a multi-county operation located in northeastern Pennsylvania . PA 57 A is a local one-zone senior token . Joe Radom- ski has already obtained a supply for the New Issues Service . The Salt Lake City, Utah, listing was pictured on page 122 of the November 2002 Fare Box along with background information . Thru a contact Phil has only been able to accumulate barely a dozen specimens in the past year . Hence this one is doubtful for the NIS at this time .

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I . All bids must be postmarked no later than 2 . Bids under catalog value will not be considered . 3. Please bid by lot # . 4. Successful bidders are responsible for postage and insurance . 5. Varieties listed are from the Godsoe Varieties Catalog . 6. Please submit bids to: Bob Schneider, 2321 Londale Court, Virginia Beach, Virginia

1 . AL4OA 51 . CA650A 101 . C0280E 151 . ID380H 201 . IA30D 251 . KY680I 2. AL4OB 52. CA7IOA 102 . C0340A 152 . ID3801 202 . IA IOOB 252. KY950A 3 . AL560M 53 . CA715N 103 . C0340H 153 . 11)380J 203 . LA IIOA 253. LA80F 4. AL750B 54. CA745D 104 . C0340K 154 . IL70D 204. LA IIOL 254. LA520Ab 5 . AL840A 55. CA745G 105 . C0340L 155 . IL13OG 205 . IA150A 255, LA81OF 6. AK5OC 56. CA745H 106 . C0340Q 156 . ILI50Aa 206. IAI50B 256. ME480A 7. AK50G 57. CA745L 107. C0420A 157 . IL150X 207 . IA23OBa 257. ME710A 8. AK50H 58. CA745Y 108 . C0440G 158 . ILI50AB 208 . IA230D 258. ME710B 9. AK190A 59. CA745Z 109. C0460C 159 . IL150AL 209 . IA230E 259. MD601 10. AK190B 60. CA745AA 1I0. C0540C 160 . IL200D 210 . IA240B 260. MD60K 11 . AK190C 61 . CA76OG 111 . C0540D 161 . 11,2101) 211 .IA30ON 261 . MD60N 12 . AK300D 62 . CA760H 112 . CO600A 162 . IL22OF 212 . IA3000 262 . MD60Q 13 . AK 100E 63. CA760L 113 . C0620A 163 . IL250K 213 . IA390A 263 . MD6 0U 14 . AK30OF 64. CA76ON 114 . C0860D 164 . IL320B 214. IA39OAa 264 . NE)60V 15 . AK400E 65 . CA76OR 115 . CT35H 165 . 1L370B 215 . IA390B 265 . MD6OZ 16 . AK450D 66. CA760S 116 . CT35P 166. IL370C 216. IA60OF 266 . MDACa 17 . AK450E 67. CA760T 117 . CT130A 167 . 11,370D 217. IA640S 267 . MD6OAL 18 . AK450I 68. CA76OU 118 . CT130B 168 . IL420A 218. IA64OSc 268 . MD6OAN 19 . AK450L 69. CA775C 119 . CT2IOG 169. 1L430Bb 219.IA850K 269. MD300A 20 . AK800A 70. CA775D 120 . CT345A 170. IL460B 220. IA930C 270 . MD815A 21 . AK900B 71 . CA775M 121 . CT550B 171 . IL460J 221 . IA930D 271 . MD820C 22 . AZ80H 72. CA775N 122 . CT550C 172 . IIA60K 222 . KS30A 272. MD840E 23 . AZ375C 73 . CA800A 123 . CT550D 173 . IL475A 223 . KS40B 273. N 84OF 24 . AZ640E 74 . CA800B 124 . CT55OE 174 . IL530A 224 . KS40D 274. MA45A 25 . AR105A 75. CA815C 125 . CTSoOB 175 . IL530B 225 . KS40E 275. .A50AM 26 . AR105C 76 . CA945A 126 . FL380C 176.II600F 226 . KS40F 276 . MA115K 27. AR405A 77. CA845B 127. FL380D 177 . IL720A 227 . KS55A 277. MA I15Q 28. AR435B 78. CA845D 128. FL38OF 178 . IL755C 228 . KS450B 278. MA I15U 29. AR435P 79. CA845E 129 . FL380H 179. IL760A 229 . KS450C 279 . MA115Y 30 . CA25A 80 . CA945I 130. FL5301 180 . IL763A 230 . KS495A 280. MA 115AB 31 . CAIOOA 81 . CA945L 131 . FL530K 181 . IL795D 231 . KS495B 281 . MAI15AK 32 . CA105A 82 . CA955H 132. FL610B 182 . IL795F 232 . KS540E 282 . MA245B 33 . CAI75A 83 . CA985A 133 . FL610C 183 . IL855A 233 . KS640D 283 . MA245C 34 . CA205B 84 . CA985C 134 . FL610E 184 . IL950A 234 . KS820A 284 . MA30513 35 . CA275A 85 . CA985D 135 . 171,610F 185, IL950B 235. KS880A 285 . MA445A 36. CA280A 86 . CA997L 136 . FL670A 186. 11,999V 236. KS9400 286 . MA505A 37 . CA280B 87 . C030A 137 . FL880L 187 . IN90A 237 . KS9701 287 . MA505C 38. CA280C 88 . C045A 138 . GA60AG 188. IN90C 238, KY45Ab 288 . MA630C 39. CA295A 89 . C045B 139 . GA60AK 189. IN275A 239. KY80C 289 . MA630D 40. CA395A 90 . C045C 140 . GA60AL 190 . IN275B 240. KY85C 290 . MA660A 41 . CA395B 91 . C045D 141 . GA60AM 191 . IN460E 241 . KY280B 291 . MA660C 42. CA395C 92. CO 1401 142 . GA60AO 192 . IN460H 242 . KY48OE 292 . MA970C 43. CA-195D 93 . C0140K 143 . GA240D 193 . IN520C 243 . KY480H 293 . MI5K 44 . CA395E 94 . C0260C 144 . GA580K 194 . IN610D 244. KY48ON 294. M05L 45. CA450D 95. C026ON 145 . GA630D 195 . IN650B 245 . KY490P 295 . MI20A 46. CA450T 96. C02600 146 . GA690A 196. IN750A 246. KY510C 296 . MI20B 47. CA45OBD 97 . C0260P 147 . GA78ONa 197 . IN840A 247. KY510Q 297. MI2OCa 48. CA575Ab 98. C026OU 148 . GA78ONb 198. IN930C 248 . KY510AV 298. M20D 49. CA575G 99. C026OW 149 . ID65A 199. IN960A 249 . KY5IDBK 299. N920E 50. CA630E 100. C0280C 150 . 1D100B 200 . IN980B 250. KY51OBN 300 . MI20F

CLOSING DATE : SEPTEMBER 26

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-August 2003- -Page 91- A D STHEFAROOxP I 0 N A {} G U S T 2 0 0 3 ManaQeiia ; Anna E Bot Butler. 731 Ea6t 26th Street Mutneapo46 MN 55404-4402 (612) 871-4699

Ado o4 up to 3 column incheo in each cattrgoi.y are >;nee to AVA rnembena . Langeni rule %, on. 4utt page) m.uat to sent to the Fate Box editot . Ado moot 14-nrh the manage4a ty the FIFTH of, the month o~7 iaoue, oa they will to held 6o1, next Month' ,, iaoue. Exception would to 4 the editcn, decid4m on an ea'lie4 date oe vooue. Uoe the 2-letxet State abbreviation in your• ad, ao welt ao your4 name, addteoo and eomptete 9-digit zip code, which can "6e bound ty Looking at a pteuioua ad, onm in the AVA memhetohip naoten• . Submit only ONE ad pen, catagoay . Mote will to eomtined into one ad, on held bo'v next nwnth'o i oue . Pteaae, only ad, tetating to itema Li,oted in puMiccdiona o{, the Anteni.canVectunirot Aooociation.

04 CAA WASH -25 SALE Z5 SALE

Have car wash and parking At 2X catalogue vbalue plus New Jersey tokens at $1 .0u tokens to trade for trans- postage: [AR] 480-Pb ; [AZ] each: [NJ] 115-I ; 570-B, D . portation tokens . Sernd your 375-C; [CA] 245-B ; 705-D; Please add one 37C stamp . TT list. Receive my list9S0 . 712-C, D; [CO] 840-A ; []A] Mort Dawson John Ciecka 800-B ; [IN] 660-C ; [MA] 100 Oakwood Avenue 1540 Society Hill Dr . 930-A ; [MIJ 5-L, N, 0, P ; Apartment 8-3 Bensalem PA 19020-3689 785-E, F; [MN) 120-B, C ; West Hartford -CT [NC] 430-A ; '(ND) 960-A ; 06119-2134 Car wash tokens at auction . [NJ] 15-A, B ; [NY) 25;L, M ; Best offer over catalogue 110-G, Ha, Hb ; 630-BM ; plus postage: [CA) 528-A ; [OH] 550-A, B . E -mail : 100 mixed transit tokens 665-A ; 795-A ; 835-A ; 965- chuckbiavh.ne t $15 .00 postpaid . A ; [CO) 140-A ; [LA) 770-A ; Chuck Benjamin James Vander Helm [MN) 595-A ; [NV) 200-Ab : 42 Kingwood Drive 18618 Birch Avenue [OH 578=An. 860=BR ;pAl Poughkeepsie NY Akron IA 51001-8827 863-A ; [WI) 15-A. 12601-5405 Al Kohlhardt P . 0 . Box 2649 I have a • list of 400 transit 40 WANTED Sunnyvale CA related items for sale or for Paying full catalogue for all 94087-0649 free, such as uniform Sioux City, IA transit tokens. s buttons, post cards, com- Write with offers . memoratives, AVA conven- James Vander Helm tion ribbons, catalogues, 18618 Birch Avenue Available : I still have many booklets, refrig magnets, Akron 1A 51001-8827 old, scarce, interesting etc . Also have list of 360 paper transfers from the late different foreign TT's. Send Tickets and passes from 1800's and early 1900's. US $1 .25 cash or, .$1 .29 SASE railroad/ transportation . US and Canada . /they are for for both lists . pre-1930 . 919-468-5510 . sale or trade for old US Bill Garrison Dan Benice railroad/transportation tick- 9505 Normandy Avenue P . 0 . Box 5708 . ets and passes, mostly pre- Morton Grove IL Cary NC 27512-5708 1930 . Do you have interest 60053-1337 in a particular city or state? Please let me know . Call or write. 919-468-5510 . Dan Benice P . 0 . Box 5708 Cary NC 27512-5708

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-PAGE 92- -August 2003- EARLY PLASTIC TRANSPORTATION TOKENS By John Coffee

No doubt you have noticed the plethora of plastic transportation tokens coming into use in the last few years by smaller transit authorities and dial-a-ride operations . Plastics are ideally suited for such services, whereas they would not be appropriate for large city systems because, frankly, plastic does not wear well . Its advantage is in its low cost compared with metal . No doubt the low cost is why many early systems in the 1880's and 1890's used vulcanite instead of metal, and when vulcanite itself became too expensive, why they used celluloid, a substance similar to vulcanite but quite a bit more fragile . Indeed vulcanite and celluloid could be considered early versions of plastic . Checking thru the catalogue, I find only a few plastic (other than vulcanite and celluloid) tokens issued prior to 1960, which I use for a cut-off date between "early" and "modern ." Here is a list, though I probably have missed a couple :

AL 750 A ; CO 260 M ; ID 380 B; MI 635 B ; MO 430 E F ; PA 997 A-Q ; TX 810 C J K L P Q Z AL AW ; WI 720 A B ; and DC 500 AG and AH (though I am uncertain they date prior to 1960) .

It is interesting that most of these are quite scarce, and some like the Kelly Air Force Base tokens of San Antonio, the Rhineland, WI, pair, and the two GSA tokens of Washington DC are downright rare . Personally I much prefer metal tokens to plastic ones, but one advantage of plastic tokens is that many small operations probably wouldn't even be using tokens at all except that plastic is so inexpensive . In any event the past few years have seen hundreds and hundreds of plastic TT's coming into use and more will be coming in the future . Because of their inability to stand much wear, and the fact that the small operations that use them have only a few hundred of each made, current plastics probably will be the rarities of tomorrow, much as vulcanites and celluloids became the rarities of today .

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP 3143 GARY R . SCOZZAFAVA - 210 Jackson Ave . - North Tonawanda, NY 14120 Age 50 ; Welder . Collects US and dog tags . (John Hoffman)

CHANGEOF ADDRESS 3089 Barry Gay - 1457 East Newport Road - Lititz, Pennsylvania 17543 2697 Dennis M . Yule - 2170 Walker Trail - Kalamazoo, MI 49009-9186 [269-544-0272]

LIST OF THOSE PRESENT AT THE BUFFALO AVA CONVENTION Axthelm, Bestard, Borden, Cappiello, Coffee, Bill & Diane Coleman, Collinge, Alvin Foster & Shirley Nash, Karl E . and Karl W . Gabsch, Gentle, Keith & Sandry Haney, John & Ruth Hoffman, Bob Kelley, Kemper, Phil & Linda LaVorgna, Lockwood, Mccalip, Bob & Ardis Mills, Henry & Norrice Nesbitt, Radomski, Joel & Ricki Reznick, Rieder, Bob & Bill Scopp, Schottin, Bill & Jenine Sowell, Bill & Kathy Weber, Zimmerman . Also Bottles, Cunningham, Gary Scozzafava, and Ron Schwartz . ***** A number of collectors have reported as unlisted several of the tokens issued by Krause Publications . These are listed under Club Tour Tokens, or under Fan- tasies, at the back of the catalogue .

I HAVE A NUMBER OF MODERN CAR WASH TOKENS FOR SALE . Send SASE for list . Harold V . Ford - 43 Arroyo Drive - Moraga, CA 94556

I am selling U .S. amusement tokens for 25C to $3 a token . I am offering aluminum, brass and bronze medals or ~, commemoratives for 25¢ to $2 a medal or commemorative . I am selling presidential, outer space, states of the union, and antique automobile aluminum and bronze medal sets . the alum . medal sets are $10 a set ; the bronze are $20 a set . = Kirk S . Smith - Box 8015-214 - Redondo Beach, CA 90277-8015

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VOLUME 57, NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 2003 OUR 675th ISSUE September 28 . Last month on page 76 I mentioned the tokens marked B .T . CO ., which a few people still believe were issued by Buffalo Transit Co . These have been known about for 60 years, but the nearly universal conclusion is that they were tele- phone tokens issued by Buffalo Telephone Co . Comes now a letter from Robert Lusch, which until I get proof to the contrary, I think should be the last word on the subject : "I think we should shut down the talk that the B .T . Co . token is or ever was for transportation . As you know telephone has been my main area of interest for the past 45 years . The Buffalo tokens are almost exactly like the Southern New England tokens which can be found in the book Connecticut Pioneers in Telephony on page 207 . Suffice it to say that the man that started the whole telephone token thing back in the 80s and 90s in San Fran pushed eastward and he left a trail tokens all the way to New York and Chesapeake . His name was John Sabin ." John Hoffmann at the Buffalo convention mentioned he had a token like MD 60 AY but with no period after the A in M .T .A Well I checked mine and it also has no period there . I figured maybe they all were lacking the period but John says he also has one with the period . I don't . Will some of you check your 60 AY and let me know if you have the token with the period after A in M .T .A .? Ron Shearer reports a listable woodnik from Loveland, CO . The token is Wb 38 Sd : "COLT (in logo) / 962-2429 // Good / For / I / Free Ride" He's trying to get a supply for our New Issues Service . From Greenville, TX, we have a rare token (TX 400 C) issued by Greenville Transfer Co . David Schenkman, who discovered the first one, found a listing for such a company for Greenville, TX . Comes now a letter from Tony Chibbaro, who has found a listing for the man listed on the token, W .T . Asbury, as operating a transfer line in Greenville, SC . He found a "Greenville Transfer Co ." listed for 1905, and W .T . Asbury listed under "transfer" in 1910 and 1912 . It would appear that this token should be moved to South Carolina, and will be in the 6th edition of our catalogue when it comes out . At the Buffalo Convention I obtained from Roger Bolz a 32mm brown plastic token inscribed BT/CJMTA / "THE BUS" on obverse, with just a picture of the front of a bus on reverse (black lettering) . Larry Dziibek found that the token is from Butler, PA, issued by "Butler Township / City Joint Municipal Transit Authority ." The brown token is for use by the Pennsylvania Assn . of Retarded Citizens . There is also a blue one for Drug E Alcohol Rehab, and a silver one for Catholic Charities .

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The Metal Monthly Pass "Medallions" of Samara,Svzran and Chapaevsk, Russia By Charles Hodder #3081

Ever since the focus of my token collection shifted to foreign tokens, I have had a certain affinity for the tokens issued in the former Soviet Union republics . It wasn't until a few months after this, while checking out ebay, that my ex-USSR token obsession completely revealed itself to me . I came upon a seller in Israel who was offering 20 monthly pass tokens from Samara, Russia for $9.00. I had never heard of these tokens before, and they looked more like medallions than tokens. Was it possible that this seller didn't know what he was talking about? It was worth the $9 .00 plus $5 .00 postage to find out. I won the auction and about 3 weeks later I was tearing the package open and instantly fell for these tokens . Ends up that the seller knew what he was talking about after all, but didn't know the value of what he had. Since then, I have never seen a single token selling for less than $7 .00, and have since only been able to find 11 more for my collection. I have a contact for Russian tokens here in the US, but he gets them from a friend in the Ukraine who has to smuggle them into Germany in order to send them overseas . It is illegal to send coins or tokens out of the Ukraine. . . it is all very time intensive . . . not to mention a little James Bond-like! Samara, Syzran and Chapaevsk are located in the Samarskya oblast region of Russia, southeast of Moscow and bordering on Kazakhstan. Samarskya oblast is in the Povolzhsky economic region, and Samara is its capital . Samara is located on the left bank of the Volga River, where it meets the Samara River . Syzran is located just to the west of Samara and Chapaevsk is located to the south of Samara, just across the Volga . Samara has a population of around 1 .5 million people. I guess you could consider Syzran and Chapaevsk to be suburbs of Samara. These passes are 35mm in diameter and 3 .5mm thick . . . hefty indeed. The Samara issues are minted in aluminum with a couple of issues also struck in very limited (30 pieces each) brass and copper editions for collecting purposes only . Silver issues are also reported, but I have never seen one listed. There are also limited mintages of aluminum (between 80 to 150 pieces, depending on the issue) featuring a counterstamp that matches the theme of the token (for example, the token commemorating the New Year's holiday features a horse drawn sleigh and has a snow flake counterstamp). Several issues also come with one or two counterstamp varieties . The counterstamping was done and distributed by a local museum. Only the aluminum passes without the counterstamps were used for transportation purposes. Samara accepted the tokens on all forms of public transportation. . . busses, trams and the Metro . Many of the tokens, mainly the ones featuring famous citizens of Samara, are struck in very high relief with the images almost leaping from the planchet . Most of the tokens were designed by a V . Agafonov, though none of the tokens features his (or her) signature . Samara began issuing the tokens in May, 1995 . They would issue roughly one per month until November, 1997 (they skipped June, 1995 and July and October, 1997 and issued 2 for September and November 1996) . The unusual thing is that Samara stopped accepting the tokens for rides in April, 1997 but minted new ones for another 7 months due to popular demand by local collectors. All of the Samara tokens have the same information on the reverse, although the layout for each year differs slightly. They feature the issuing year, the coat-of-arms of

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Samara and the words (in Russian) : bus trolley-bus tram, for passing all the month . Many of the 1997 issues also feature a metallic color insert of the coat-of-arms affixed to a hollowed out rectangle on the reverse of the token . There are versions with the hollowed out section but without the insert . . . it is unclear if these are errors, or the inserts were removed or fell out. At last count, there are 78 different passes for Samara (including off metal strikes and counterstamps) . Monthly pass use went into effect in Chapaevsk in August, 1995, shortly after Samara . Chapaevsk used a slightly different system with their aluminum tokens, however . All Chapaevsk tokens are found with and without counterstamped numerals . Rather than issue a new token per month, the same token was issued every month with a new numeral counterstamped on the reverse representing the month . . .i.e. a 9 is for September and a 12 is for December. They issued one base token in 1995 . One unstamped, and ones stamped 9-12 are known . In 1996 they issued two different base tokens, one in January and one in August. The January issue can be found unstamped, and also with the numbers 1-3 stamped into them. The August issue can be found unstamped and one with a number 9 stamp. Only three Chapaevsk off metal strikes are known, a brass version of both the 1995 issue and the January, 1996 issue and a copper version featuring the obverse of the January, 1996 token on its obverse and the obverse of the August, 1996 token on its reverse. . .odd, indeed. . .this may not be a legitimate issue. There are a total of 15 different variations and a total of 3 base tokens known for Chapaevsk at this moment and mintage amounts are not known. Syzran only issued three monthly pass tokens, of which only one was actually good for transit use (aluminum) . It was issued in July, 2001, and two off metal strikings (brass and copper) are known. Mintage numbers are unknown at this time . It is not as interesting in that it doesn't feature a historic person, building or event as the other tokens do . It features a bus on the obverse, a stylized winged steering wheel and the Russian inscription translating to : Passenger auto-transport combinate, Syzran. The reverse features the coat-of-arm of Syzran and the inscription : Passing token, July 2001. It is unclear as to why the use of these monthly pass tokens fell out of favor with these three cities . One theory of mine is that the tokens were being snatched up by collectors when they were issued and so very few were actually being used in the way they were intended. The practice of Samara issuing new tokens for 7 months after they ceased accepting them for rides would seem to back-up this theory . It is also unclear as to why these issues started . Was it a case of a coin shortage due to a sluggish economy (like the Nuernberg, Germany issues of the 1920's)? Or was it a tactic used to foster civic and national pride after the fall of Communism? I hope to one day find out, but first I must either learn Russian, or find someone in Russia who knows why AND also speaks English. I must credit two sources that have been invaluable to me both in helping me with my collection and providing information for this article . First is to O . Syromiatnikov, who wrote Samara and Chapaevsk Transportation Tokens, a catalogue published in Russia, and to the unnamed Russian collector who decided to post his complete collection of passes on the internet. If you wish to see any of these tokens in detail and you have an internet connection, please visit http://www.samaratoken.narod.ru/home-ent.html His site is very well done! Also thanks to Mr . Yosef Sa'ar, who suggested I write this piece, since I was the first AVA member to report these tokens to him

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-Page 96- -September 2003- SEPTEMBER SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford KANSAS Pratt 830 (Reported by Jeff Quinn) T .A . CAMPBELL/BUS &/TRANSFER/PRATT,/KANSAS ./ SCOTFORD GO C o A 29 Sd Good From/Hotel/to/Depot/Only $75 .00 Winfield 980 (Reported by Bill Boncek) ROUND TRIP/HOTEL TO DEPOT/25 CENTS/CARRIAGE & BAGGAGE/GEO . J . COIL/PROPRIETOR/WINFIELD, KANSAS G o Fy 45 Sd . (blank) 75 .00

MICHIGAN Ann Arbor 40 (Reported by Ed Vogel) THE RIDE/AATA/(LOGO) F B 16 Sd The Ride/AATA/Rwr1 /(logo) 1 .00

MINNESOTA Willmar 960 (Reported by John Coffee) KANDIYOHI AREA TRANSIT/EST . 1999/(KAT LOGO) G B 29 Sd Transit Token/Willmar Minnesota/(Indian holding pole) (reeded edge) 1 .50

NEW YORK Buffalo 105 (Reported by N .I .S .) AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION/53rd ANNUAL CONVENTION/GOOD FOR ONE/NFTA TOUR/NIAGARA FRONTIER/TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITTY/BUFFALO, NEW YORK/AUGUST 9, 2003/(front & side views of STREETCAR with METRO on each) O o WM 39 Sd (AVA seal) (300 struck) 7 .50 North Tonawanda 655 (Reported by N .I .S . & John Coffee) HERSCHELL/CARROUSEL/FACTORY/MUSEUM C Wg 38 Sd Good For One/Carrousel Ride/(carousel frog) .50 HERSCHELL/CARROUSEL/FACTORY/MUSEUM/ INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF/THE CARROUSEL - 2000 D o WiL 38 Sd Good For One/Carrousel Ride/(two carousel horses) 1 .00

TEXAS Electra 315 (Reported by James Kattner) ELECTRA-OKLAHOMA/BRIDGE/COMPANY B o B 31 Sd (blank) 75 .00

WISCONSIN Oshkosh 620 (Reported by Ray Allgood) SAWDUST DAYS/OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN/SESQUICENTENNIAL/ JULY 2-6, 2003/(CHIEF OSHKOSH) H o Wr 38 Sd Tip Top Rides/2003 Oshkosh Sesquicentennial/Good For/ One Free/Midway Ride/Present at/Carnival/Office .50

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-September 2003- -Page 97- CANADA : BRITISHCOLUMBIA Burnaby 250 (Reported by Bob Phipps) BURNABY CENTENNIAL/PARKER CAROUSEL/GOOD/FOR/ ONE RIDE C Pr 38 Sd PROMO PLASTIK (LOGO) (toothed edge both sides) (white printing on obverse) $1 .00 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS IL 460 L : correct reverse to read GOOD FOR/ONE RIDE/oc KS 830 A : delete (varieties)

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD At the recent exonumia show in Omaha (NTCA), Duane Feisel examined the two different varieties that Jeff Quinn owned of the T .A . Campbell, Pratt, KS, tokens and noted major differences that were not apparent, nor noted, when I listed 2/02 as sub varieties based on rubbings sent me . Hence we have a justifiable new listing, so delete the two varieties noted in February 2002 . Bill Boncek noted the Winfield, KS, listing in an 8/00 Charles Kirtley auction . Since it was pictured we can make an accurate listing . I wonder who is the new owner . Ed Vogel obtained the token we now list as MI 40 F via a trade this past summer and noted it was unlisted . Bill Garrison visited Ann Arbor and reports that all ear- lier 16mm tokens plus this new one are mixed together and the Authority stated it was not worth their time to sort out the new one to supply our New Issues Service . Kandiyohi Area Transit of Willmar, MN, is an on-call operation . One day reservation fare is $1 .00 ; same day fare is $1 .50 . MN 960 C D E F would appear to be the former, and 960 G the latter . The N .I .S . will check into availability . The New Issues Service will handle the AVA tour token distributed at our Buffalo Annual Convention . It was struck by Masterpiece Medallions of Claremont, CA . It seems Bill Sowell may have a small supply of NY 655 C for NIS members . NY 655 D will not be available via the NIS . The operator informs me that AVA members cleaned them out of the limited supply on hand when convention attendees visited the carousel this past August . John Byars owns the Electra-Oklahoma Bridge Company TX 315 A, listed 2/01 . James Kattner reports the new listing and believes that, due to its size, it would have a 50C toll value . Ray Allgood notified Bill Garrison about the Oshkosh, WI, woodnik and he contac- ted the source and was able to obtain a supply for N .I .S . It has adequate verbiage to justify listing it . The Burnaby, BC, listing was pictured on page 44 of the May 2003 Fare Box, and should have been included in my 6/03 supplement, but was accidentally omitted . The tiny reverse inscription is raised . This one is doubtful for the N .I .S .

VULCANITE CARRIAGE CHECK . FROM NEW YORK CITY

David Schenkman reports a fascinating vulcanite item issued by B. Altman & Co ., a large department store in New York City that opened prior to World War I . The token is described thus : CARRIAGE CHECK/THIRTY-FIFTH ST . ENTRANCE/542/B . ALTMAN & CO . Vi Rt Sd BACo (in fancy monogram) [black incuse lettering](90x55mm) Good for a ride in a carriage? Parking permit for a carriage? Or what? Any ideas out there?

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ILLINOIS Chicago 150 (ex Unid 561) GRAND CICERO CAR WASH (CARTOON AUTO) AH Bz 25 Sd Wash Token Non-Refundable No Cash Value .50 MINNESOTA West St. Paul 950 GOOD FOR ONE/FREE CAR WASH/WEST ST . PAUL/AMOCO/1820 SO . ROBERT ST ./WEST ST . PAUL, MN 55118/455-2788 M Po 42 Sd (blank)(black lettering) 5 .00 NEW YORK Queensbury 767 ADIRONDACK CAR WASH (SUDSY AUTO IN FRONT OF MOUNTAINS) A Bz 27 Sd Wash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hm 3 .00 PENNSYLVANIA Edinboro 335 GIRARD/EDINBORO CAR WASH (ANTIQUE CAR) D B 25 Sd (radiating design) 5 .00

TOKEN MANUFACTURERS' STOCK TOKENS Group 31 CARWASH TOKEN hm (ANTIQUE CAR) D Bz 27 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hm E Bz 23 Sd No Cash Value hm F Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hm G Bz 25 Sd (same as obv .) H Bz 25 Sd (cartoon auto facing left) (stars)

Group 40 CARWASH TOKEN rwm (ANTIQUE CAR) Q Bz 23 St-sc (crown over $ in wreath) R B 25 St-sc No Cash Value rwm (mintmark in center)

Group 80 CARWASH TOKEN NON REFUNDABLE NO CASH VALUE VB (CROWN) M B 25 Sd No Cash Value (WM-plated)

Group 90 CARWASH TOKEN NON REFUNDABLE NO CASH VALUE hh W B 23 Sd No Cash Value hm (WM-plated) X Bz 23 Sd hm (cartoon auto facing left) (stars) Y B 23 Sd Good .For .One Dollar .in .Trade 1do hh (WM-plated)

Group 101 CARWASH TOKEN SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR DOUBLE YOUR DIRT BACK hm t Bz 25 Sd hin (cartoon auto facing left) (stars)

Group 220 CARWASH TOKEN rwm (FRONT OF AUTO) H Bz 25 Sd 25 (WM-plated)

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WISCONSIN Baraboo 50 VIKING EXPRESS II BARABOO ONLY OPEN 24 HOURS B/P (INSIDE LOGO) E Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hm 4 .00

WYOMING Newcastle 600 GOOD FOR .5 .MINUTES AT SOFSPRA CAR WASH NEWCASTLE, WYOMING B WM 27 Sd (Sofspra) (Rev I)(5,000 4/65) 10 .00 UNIDENTIFIED BIG SPLASH SELF SERVE CAR WASH (FISH LEAPING OUT OF WATER) 569 Bz 25 Sd Car Wash Token No Cash Value 25c EASY WASH (AUTO ON SEVEN DROPS) 570 B 22 Sd (blank) FOUR SEASONS NO CASH VALUE rwm 571 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token rwm (truck, car, van, with horiz . lines behind) LACOMBE CAR WASH 572 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value hh QUIKORNER FOOD N' FUEL CAR AND TRUCK WASH 25C TOKEN 573 Bz 25 Sd No Cash Value hm NATIONAL PRIDE CARWASH ONE DOLLAR (EAGLE) 574 B 27 Sd Carwash Token No Cash Value .No Refunds $100 (llmm aluminum center) (reeded edge) SCOTCH TOWN CAR WASH 303 TOWER DR (AMERICAN FLAG) 575 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token rwm (antique car) SIKES SUPER WASH B75/ .984 CAR WASH TOKEN 576 B 25 Sd Car Wash Token $1 Value E75/ .984 THE CAR WASH CO . YOU DO IT BEST! rwm (SHINY CARTOON AUTO AND SPRAY GUN) 577 Bz 25 Sd No Cash Value rwm (mint mark in center) 578 Bz 25 Sd No Cash Value rwm (mint mark on right side) TIDY CAR WASH (SMILING T inside SUNSHINE LOGO) 579 Bz 27 Sd Carwash Token c (antique car) (ACb)

ONTARIO Barrie 60 SELF-SERV 71 ANN ST . BARRIE D B 27 Sd Carwash Token (convertible car) 1 .50

CARWASH CHAIN STOCK TOKENS Group 270 TEXACO (T in STAR LOGO incuse) E B 22 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown)

TOKEN MANUFACTURERS' STOCK TOKENS Group 10 CARWASH TOKEN c (ANTIQUE CAR) AK B 23 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) (WM-plated) (ACb)

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS MSCWT 70 C size s/b 27mm not 29 TMST 30 T rev ., add 1O° _hh 100 D metal s/b B (WM-plated) 200 J metal s/b WM, not B (WM-plated)

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-Page 100- -September 2003- = SUPPLEMENT # JVP-51 TO THE FIFTH EDITION = CONNECTICUT NEW HAVEN-3305 (Reported by I Reuben) NEW HAVEN / SPORTS / HAVEN / CONNECTICUT (reedededge)(anodindgold) G A 39 Sd Free Parking (jockeyonhorse) 1 .50

TEXAS GALVESTON-3360 (Reported by J Byars) UTMB / ER/HBO (WM phd) D B 22 Sd Parking / RWM / Token (auto) 3 .00 PTUN T D M (two grooves) 3151 B 28 Sd Solo Per / App . Automatici / Vietato Il / Commercio (twogrooves) RIVERPLACE PARKING (surroundedbystars) (Reported by I Reuben) 3152 Bz 21 Sd Parking / HH / Token (auto) GRAZ / STADT GRAZ / GRAZ 3153 B 25 Sd Park / 1 Stunde / Munze

ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES-3160 PARQUIMETROS / BUENOS AIRES Qogo)(twogrooves) D WM 21 Sd (blank) (onegroove)(twoarrows) 2 .00 PARQUIMETROS / TICKEADORA / STO (STO in cbcle)(two grooves) K 21 Sd (blank) (onegroove)(twoarrows) 2 .00 S E C Qogo)(two grooves) F Z 21 Sd (blank) (onegroove)(twoarrows) 2 .00

GERMANY GERMPTMS-3058 (Reported by R Nolan) PFANNENBERG / PARKPLATZSYSTEME A B 22 Sd (blank) 1 .50

= ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS = *+++++*++**++***++++++* MINN-3540-J : mark obsolete MINN-3540-K : mark obsolete NC-3160-V ; add : reeded edge

PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY JOE PERNICANO =

Irwin Reuben has turned up a really neat token . SPORTS HAVEN is a simulcast parlor for off track betting . John Byars has turned up another U of Texas Medical Branch token . Nothing is known concerning PTUN-3151 . I was told it is used for parking . . . Does anyone recognize the inscription? PTUN-3152 is a mystery . It in no way resembles MINN-3540-J and K . I have been informed from the MINN token source that they no longer use tokens . I have also determined that other Riverplace sites exist . Pfannenberg I believe is still in business located in Hamburg . I have been unable to obtain any info on their current operations . KENDALL COLLEGE in Grand Rapids, MI is using MI-3370-AF . Order FEISELS FIFTH EDITION direct from me . Postpaid $26 . Included will be pages listing all newly catalogued tokens with supplement references . Over 300 pages, hard bound with index . J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROOMALL, PA 19008 =

ADDITION TO ARTICLE ON PASS TOKENS OF FORMER SOVIET CITIES Charles Hodder asked me to include the following at the end of his article (no room there, so I put it here) : _ "The Samara suburb of Zhigulevsk has just issued a pass token along the lines of the token from Syzran . It wil - be good for several months and is a one-time minting . Due to two separate die breaks during minting, three dis tinct varieties exist, as well as limited off'-metal strikings in brass, copper, and silver . No counterstrike issues are reported at this time ."

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1 . All bids must be postmarked no later than 2. Bids under catalog value will not be considered . 3. Please bid by lot #. 4. Successful bidders are responsible for postage and insurance . 5. Varieties listed are from the Godsoe Varieties Catalog . 6 . Please submit bids to : Bob Schneider, 2321 Londale Court, Virginia Beach, Virginia

7 . MI30A 57. MN50Lb 107. MS900C 157 . NJII5B 207. NY630Y 255 . OHIOE 8 . MI65B 58. MN50M 108. MS900D 158 . NJI15J 208. NY630AA 256. 0H10K 9 . MI65G 59 . MN500 109. MS900E 159 . NJ115K 209 . NY630AJ 257. OH10M 10 . MI68C 60. MN50Q 110. MS900J 160 . NJI15L 210. NY630AP 258. OHION II . M1135Aa 61. MN65A M . M0130C 161 . NJ390E 211. NY630AR 259 . OH15B 12 . MI135Ab 62. M465B 112. MO140A 162 . NJ390F 212. NY630BF 260. OH15F 13 . MI135E 63 . MN70B 113 . M0370C 163 . NJ997B 213. NY630BG 261 . OH15G 14 . M1225D 64. MN70C 114 . M0370D 164. NJ997C 214. NY630BH 262 . OH15H 15 . M1225E 65. MNSOA 115, MO370Ea 165. NJ997D 215. NY631H 263 . OH35C 16. MI225Ea 66. MNI48B 116 . M0370Eb 166. NM40B 216. NY6311 264 . OH35F 17. MI265C 67. MN148F 117 . M0420B 167 . NM40M 217. NY631L 265 . OH35G 18 . M1270A 68. MN210C 118 . M0430F 168. NYIOM 218. NY631V 266 . OH115A 19. &9370B 69. MN245A 119 . M0440A 169 . NY25C 219. NY632D 267. OH165Q 20. ML370C 70. MN370B 120 . M0440H 170 . NY25Cc 220 . NY640H 268. OH165R 21 . MI375C 71 . MN380A 121 . M04401 171 . NY25Cd 221. NY640L 269 . OH165U 22 . MI390C 72. MN460A 122 . M0440T 172 . NY25D 222. NY690A 270. OH166A 23 . MI395D 73 . MN510A 123 . M044OU 173 . NY80D 223. NY695A 271 . OH175W 24. MI395E 74. MN540A 124 . M086OG 174 . NY80H 224 . NY715A 272 . OH175Xa 25. M1395C 75 . MN540C 125 . M0880A 175 . NY105B 225. NY735B 273 . OH175AF 26. MI470A 76. MN54OCb 126 . M0910I 176 . NY1O5G 226. NY745A 274 . 014200B 27. 9470B 77. MN540D 127 . M091OR 177 . NY105K 227. NY780B 275 . OH200C 28. 1,H475B 78 . MN540AA 128 . M091OX 178 . NY105L 228. NY780D 276 . OH210D 29. NE475C 79 . MN540AD 129 . M091OZ 179 . NY105M 229. NY780Ma 277 . OH230M 30. M1475E 80 . MN540AE 130. M0950B ISO . NE700AA 230. NY7SOMb 278 . 014380C 31 . M1525C 81 . MN540AG 131 . M0380B 181 . NE700AB 231 . NY7800a 279. OH 38OF 32. M1525H 82 . MN540AJ 132 . M0480A 182. NE700AD 232. NY780Ob 280. OH38OG 33 . 025K 83. MN54OAK 133 . M0480J 183 . NE800A 233 . NY78OPa 281 . OH440A 34 . MI530H 84. MN600A 134. MT480K 184. NE8000 234 . NY78OX 282 . OH440B 35. MI560C 85. MN600B 135. MT480M 185. NE820A 235 . NY780Y 283 . OH440D 36 . MI560F 86 . MN620B 136. NE 120C 186 . NE980D 236. NY78OZ 284 . OH440E 37 . MI560R 87 . MN620C 137 . NE120D 187 . NE990E 237. NY975A 285 . OH4401 38. ML560AF 88. MN660D 138. NE360B 188. NV150A 238. NY905D 286 . OH440K 39. MI560AG 89 . MN660E 139 . NE360C 189 . NV500A 239. NY905Db 287. OH440Kb 40 . MI6650A 90. MN76OC 140 . NE420A 190 . NV500I 240. NC 130A 288 . OH440L 41. MI750A 91 . M476OG 141 . NE420Aa 191 . NV900A 241 . NC I60A 289. OH475D 42. M1770A 92. MN760H 142. NE420b 192 . NV900B 242 . NC240A 290. OH520A 43. MI775B 93 . MN7601 143 . NE420B 193 . NV900C 243 . NC3SOE 291 . OH552C 44. M1785E 94 . MM90A 144. NE420H 194. NV900D 244. NC450E 292. OH605D 45 . MI845H 95 . MN820C 145. NE440F 195. NF130A 245 . NC625A 293 . OH605E 46. E8451 96 . MN820E 146 . NE44OG 196. NH100A 246. NC690C 294. OH66OF 47. MI845J 97 . MN820F [47. NE440H 197. NH640J 247 . NC690D 295 . OH66OG -48. MI845L 98 . MN9000 148. NE540N 198. NY437A 248 . NC690E 296 . OH73OG 49. MI845M 99 . MN900E 149. NE580A 199. NY437B 249 . NC980C 297 . OH745B 50 . MI845R 100 . MN900H 150 . NE640A 200. NY437C 250. ND320A 298. OH745D 51 . M1845X 101 . MN900I 151 . NE700E 201 . NY615F 251 . ND320D 299. OH745F 52 . MI885A 102 . MN980H 152 . NE700S 202 . NY630La 252. ND440A 300. 0FI860B 53 . MI930A 103 . MN9801 153 . NE700T 203 . NY630Lb 253 . OH10A 301 . OH870B 54 . MI1000A 104 . MS320D 154 . NE700V 204 . NY63OLc (2MMHOLE) 302 . OH870D 55. 1.41100011 105. MS46OF 155 . NE70OX 205. NY630Q 254. OH10A 303 . OH915B 56. MN40B 106. MS660A 156 . NE70OZ 206. NY630W (3MMHOLE) 304 . OK610A

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1 . All bids must be postmarked no later than 2. Bids under catalog value will not be considered . 3 . Please bid by lot # . 4 . Successful bidders are responsible for postage and insurance. 5 . Varieties listed are from the Godsoe Varieties Catalog . 6. Please submit bids to: Bob Schneider, 2321 Londale Court, Virginia Beach, Virginia

7. OK6I0B 57 . PA495H 107 . SC450B 157 . VA62OG 207. BC625A 253 . MA1000A 8. OK640A 58. PA495J 108. SC450C 158. VA620J 208. MB900G 254. MAI000B 9. OR20E 59. PA495R 109. SD680B 159 . VA885A 209. NS200A 255. MAI000C 10 . OR40A 60. PA515B 110 . SDIOON 160 . VA985E 210. ON475A 256 . MI455Aa 11 . OR60A 61 . PA525M Ill . TN20B 161 . VA985F 211. ON900B 257. MI455Ab 12 . OR60B 62. PA525N 112. TN20C 162. WASA 212. ON900H 258. MI45513a 13 . OR100A 63 . PA5250 113 . TN20D 163 . WA80D 259. MI45513b 14 . ORIOOB 64 . PA525P 114 . TN120G 164 . WA690C NO CAT . VALUE 260 . MI455Ca 15 . OR130C 65. PA5261a 115. TN250A 165 . WA720A MinimmnBid$3 .00 261 . MI455Cb 16. OR160A 66. PA605D 116. TN375B 166 . WA780G 262. MI10000 17. OR160B 67. PA650B 117 . TN375D 167 . WA780U 213 . AZI000B 263. M0998X 18. OR160C 68 . PA720A 118 . TN400E 168 . WA78OW 214. AZ1000C 264. M0998Y 19. OR160E 69. PA725D 119 . TN430A 169 . WA840S 215 . AZ I000G 265. NHIOOOA 20. OR160K 70. PA725H 120 . TN600K 170 . WA840T 216. AZ1000L 266. NH1000B 21 . OR240B 71 . PA750G 121 . TN60OR 171 . WA860A 217. CA128C 267. NHI000C 22 . OR340A 72. PA750L 122. TXI35D 172. WA860B 218. CA998G 268 . NH1000K 23. OR500A 73 . PA75ON 123 . TX135E 173 . WA880A 219. CA998H 269 . NH1000O 24 . OR700B 74 . PA7500 124. TX1351 174. WA88OF 220 . CA998I 270 . OH1000P 25. OR70OF 75 . PA75OZ 125. TX255Q 175. WA88OG 221 . CA998K 271 . OR998D 26. 01170011a 76 . PA750AE 126. TX255AA 176. WA8801 222. CA1000F 272 . OR998E 27. OR700S 77 . PA750AN 127. TX255AB 177. WA880J 223. CAI000G 273. OR998F 28. OR700T6 78 . PA750AT 128 . TX34OW 178 . WA8800 224. CA10001 274. OR998G 29. OR760C 79 . PA750AU 129 . TX360E 179 . WA970B 225. CA1000L 275. PA998X 30. ORS50A 80 . PA750BA 130. TX565A 180 . WA99013 226. CAI000N 276. SD998D 31 . OR880A 81 . PA750BE 131 . TX445Q 181 . WIIIOC 227 . CAI0000 277. SD998E 32 . OR880C 82 . PA815A 132 . TX710B 182, WI110D 228 . CAI000P 278. WA140A 33 . PA15C 83 . PA8ISA 133 . TX8IOAF 183 . WIIIOE 229. CAI000Q 279. WA940A 34 . PA15N 84 . PA860A 134 . TX810AG 184 . WIIIOF 230 . CAI000R 280 . WA940B 35 . PA150 85. PA875B 135 . TX810AR 185 . WI170C 231 . CAI000U 281 . WA1000B 36. PA65D 86. PA950A 136 . TX810AS 186. WI220Ab 232. CAI000V 282. W1998E 37 . PA85A 87 . PA965Ca 137 . UT300A 187 . W1220E 233. CA1000W 283 . W1998H 38. . PA135B 88 . PA970A 138 . UT750V 188. WI250F 234. CAI000X 284. WY 120R 39. PA145A 89 . PA997B 139. VT60A 189 . W1230A 235. CA1000Y 285. PR998A 40. PA150B 90. PA997F 140. VT150C 190. WD60A 236. CAI000AB 286. M.S .33A 41 . PA165E 91 . PA997N 141 . VT150D 191 . W1410B 237. CAI000AJ 42. PA180D 92. PA9970 142. VT150E 192 . W1615A 238. CAI000AK C .T.T . 43. PA180E 93. R152OF 143. VT520A 193 . W1790A 239. CA1000AL 287 . LAI 44. PA!SOH 94. R170014 144 . VT595A 194. W1940A 240. CA1000AX 288 . MOl 45. PA195F 95. 817001 145. VT595B 195 . W1940B 241. CAI000AY 289 . NMI 46. PA195L 96. R1700Ja 146. VT700B 196 . W1975A 242. CA1000BE 47. PA36OAa 97. RI700Jb 147. VA20D 197 . WI975B 243. FLI000L 48. PA400D 98 . R170ON 148 . VA190C 198 . W1975E 244. INI000A 49. PA405A 99. R1700P 149. VA5800 199 . WY60A 245. INI000B 50. PA425C 100. R17000a 150 . VA580T 200. WYI00A 246. NDI000D 51 . PA445C 101 . R17000b 151 . VA600A 201 . WYIOOD 247. KS998C 52. PA455A 102 . RI700Ra 152 . VA60OF 202. WY120E 248. KS1000C 53. PA458A 103. R1700Rb 153 . VA6001 203 . WY660A 249. KSI000D 54. PA470A 104 . SC240C 154 . VA600J 204. DC500AJ 250. LAI000C 55 . PA495A 105. SC310B 155 . VA620B 205. DC997A 251. ME40B 56. PA4950 106. SC450A 156. VA620C 206 . AB250A 252. MEI000E

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A D STHE FARfiBO_XT I 0 N S E P T-E - elf D E -1 2-C 0- 3 Managua's : Anna E BoG Butter. 731 Eaat 26th Sfineet Minn.eapoti6 MN 55404-4402 (612) 871-4699

Ado o(, up to 3 column inches in each catagoay ate yree to AVA mem6en4 . La4get ado (i , , of i6,ut1 page) moat 6e 'sent to the Fate Box editor.. Ado must leach the manage%o 4y the FIFTH o4 the month o~ issue of they will 6e held e01, next month's issue. Exception would 6e 4 the editor , deeide's on an ea4Lie,%, date o, vo6ue . Use the 2-letter, State aUttieuiation in your, ad, an west ao yo" name, addteoo and complete 9-digit zip code, which can '6e hound by' looking at a pleviouo ad, of in the AVA mem4e'uship 'octet. Suhmit only ONE ad pelf• . catago'ty . Mole will 6e combined into one ad, o4 held 0,1. next month's issue . Pteaoe, onlyado 'tetating toitem'sbioted in puUieationoo4the American VeetukistA66ociation .

01 AUCTION 03 BUY/TRADE 25 SALE Best offer over 2X catalogue I collect old ' railroad and I have several tokens listed plus postage & Insurance for transit tickets, passes and as unidentified #169 . I would the following transit tokens : cash fare r eceipts . US only. like $5.00 each and' one 37C [CA] 775-D ; [KS] 40-Cb, D : Mostly pre-1935 . I can. offer stamp. Please write . 450-B ; [KYJ 510-BK ; [ME] you cash, tickets or Mort Dawson 40-B, 740-A ; [MD] 60-0 ; ransfers . 919-468-5510 . 100 Oakwood,Avenue B-3 ("•1A] 45-13' 115-4 505-,4 Dan Benice Westr Hartford CT [MI] 530-I ; 845-J; [MN] 510- P . 0 . Box 5708 06119-2134 A; [MS] 720-E ; 900-C ; [MO] Cary NC 27512-5708 440-A, U ; 950-B . E-mail : ONE TIME OFFER ; over 400 wasl too@aol .com different TT's for sale . At William A . $/'swell 15 MISC , catalogue plus postage . P . 0 . Box 1235 Prices from 150 to $30 . Cathedral City CA Send for list . 92235-1235 Would like to make contact Bill Garrison with "Personal Token" col- 9505 Normandy Avenue OREGON (showing starting lectors. If you collect, drop Morton Grove IL me a line. If you just have 60053-1337 bids) : 20-E(2.70) ; 60-A (. 3 .80) ; 80-Aa(8 .10) ; 100- some hanging around, let me Aa(8 .70) ; 100-5(18.10) 130- know how many and what 30 TRADE 1 D(8.40) ; 160--B(BU 3 .40) ; you wapt . I collect TT, CW, OPA and personal. Let's Will trade my car wash 160-Ca(3.40), E(4 .15) ; 240- trade. token: Brass 25mri1 (obv) A(4.90), B(2 .40) ; 340- Gilbert Ed Vogel Vacuum/Mr D'd/car wash/To- A(12 .90) ; 420-A(BU 19 .15) ; ken . (Rev) No/Cash/Value. 460-A(BU 7 3314 Maple Street .25) ; 500-A(BU Longview WA 98632-3352 Trade for any parking token 3 .35) ; 680-A(4 .20) ; 700- I need . B(18 .05), R(BU 2 .00), Tb(BU Joe Pernicano 2.90) ; 760-C(BU 6.45) ; 800- 58 Sonia Lane B(5.20) ; B(5 820-B(BU 2.30) ; Broomall PA 19008-1422 850-A(BU 11 .40) ; 880-A(BU 10 .10, B(4.20), C(BU 10 .10) ; 970--A(4 .00) . Gene Hurford 1527 Tulip Court Longmont CO 80501-2454

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-PAGE 104- -September 2003- APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP 3144 BRIAN SHIELDS - 1321 Bushkill St . - Easton, Pennsylvania 18042 Age 52 ; Collects US, Parking . (phone 610-258-2593) (Bill Weber) 3145 MICHAEL L . WARNE - 1829 North 110 Ave . Circle - Omaha, NE 68154-1607 Age 53 ; Collects US . (phone 402-496-2888)( warne c@msn .com) (Roger Bolz) 3146 STANLEY A . MICHALOSKI - 26 Anthony Ave .,,Suite 3 - Buffalo, NY 14226 Age 54 ; Information Specialist . Collects US, Canada (phone 716-626-0676) - (Reznick) 3147 STFPNFN GRANT - 40 Newport Parkway, Apt 1415 - Jersey City, NJ 07310 Administrator Collects US (Wingerter)

CHANGEOF ADDRESS 3052 John Kent - 2539 Garden Way .- Colorado Springs, CO 80918 [719-534-0455] 1884 Joe Radomski - 26 Dogwood Drive- Cheektowaga, NY 14227-2367 [716-668-11711 1926 Bill Slavik - 507 Cleveland Ave . - Lehigh Acres, Florida 33972

A couple of interesting unlisted rarities were on ebay recently . One is like TX 810 G (San Antonio), a red plastic KELLY A .F .B . BUS token, but this one has the numeral "9" on it . It went, I believe, for $213, a bit rich for my blood . These were used in the early 1950's, and as plastics go they are the cream of the crop . The other one is brass, and the picture looks to be 25mm, inscribed FISHER LIVERY / AND / TRANSFER CO . // GOOD FOR / ONE / BUS RIDE We don't know where it was used . The seller said he obtained it with a bunch of Ohio merchant tokens . This one went for $305, a reasonable price . I suspect the purchaser would have gone higher . Steve Ledger sends along a copy of Transfer, newsletter of the Shelburne Falls, Trolley Museum from which we learn that a huge quantity of Northampton Street Railway Co . tokens (MA 355 C and/or D) was donated to the Museum by the Pellisser Family who once owned several streetcar : . cos _s in the Connecticut River Valley in Massachu- setts . The article concluded, "Nobody at SFTM_ was capable of counting high enough to tabulate their number ." The tokens list at 75G and $1, respectively, in our Cata- logue . 1 think it's safe to reduce them to two bits apiece now . Steve Ratliff recently visited Cody, WY, and obtained a woodnik which is only a souvenir and not good for a ride . This is one reason we insist on appropriate word- ing on woodniks before we list them . This one is 38mm with black wording : "Cody / Trolley / Tours / codytrolleytours .com / 307-527-7043 / Cody, Wyoming" on obverse, and "Wooden Nickel / (buffalo) / United States of America" on reverse . Dr . George Fuld, one of my oldest friends in token collecting, is cataloguing the tokens in the collection of AVA member John Ford (AVA L-308) which will be put up for auction next year . I assumed, correctly as it turns out, that John had many of the great TT rarities in his collection, including two of NY 630 A, the fabled Gibbs token of New York City . Can't wait for that sale! Joe Radomski reports a new one from Corning, NY : Pr 38 Sd STEUBEN / TRAN- SIT / SYSTEM // (bus) . the token is used in Steuben County, NY, by clients of various social service agencies for special fares, sold at $1 each . He also reports two new ones from Wilkes-Barre, PA, issued by Luzerne County Transportation Author- ity for use of clients of various social service agencies for special fares, and they've been in use at least since 1990 . Both tokens are 29mm, one is white with black letter- ing, the other is green with white lettering . Inscription on both : "L .C .T .A ." on both sides ; nothing else . We're working on getting all 3 of these for N .I .S . Bob Schopp reports a token like SC 560 A but not anodized . Error or new issue? FOR SALE : Boston commuters, save on tokens (MA 115 L and AN) which are good for $1 fare . Ten for $6 ; 25 for $13; 50 for $25 . Postpaid! = Bob-Bewey -33 Rosewood Lane-Bolton, CT 06043-7515 AUCTION : The last token from the Scroggins tokens : WI 510 C, Milwaukee horsecar token in nice condition . Proceeds o to The Fare Box fund . CLOSE OCTOBER 26 . = J .M.COFFEE - P .O .BOX 1204-BOSTON, MA 02104-1204

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VOLUME 57, NUMBER 10 OCTOBER 2003 OUR 676th ISSUE

October 25 . This month marks the 55th Anniversary of the founding of the Amer- ican Vecturist Association, on October 31, 1948 . I have included an article inside this issue of some of my recollections of the occasion . Although the now defunct Seat- tle Transportation Token Club was founded a year before we were, the AVA is now, I believe, the world's oldest association of token collectors of any type . Inside this issue is another excellent article by AVA member John Tolson, who lives in Great Britain . The article is reproduced, with Mr . Tolson's permission, from the September 2003 issue of the Journal of the Transport Ticket Society . I am repro- ducing it exactly as it appeared in that issue, reduced by 10%, and I suspect that some of the photos may not come out that clearly, but they are not necessary to an understanding of the text .

A new token has recently been reported to us from Monterey Park, CA . The 25mm token is WM-plated over brass, inscribed "MONTEREY PARK / SPIRIT / TRAN- SIT SYSTEM" on obverse, and simply "TOKEN" on reverse, with hm mintmark for Hoffman Mint . Hal Ford and I both_ phoned the Transit down there, and both of us got the same run around . No one admitted knowing anything about any tokens, and when I asked them why it was called "Spirit Transit," no one had a clue . So I sus- pect the token either has not yet been put into use, or its use is so restricted to a narrow category of riders that the average employee knows nothing about it . If any AVA member in the vicinity of Monterey Park cares to get over there and find out about it, we would be grateful . Occasionally a collector will find clay copies of certain early transportation tokens and wonder what they are . Tokens that have been made in clay include MO 700 A, KS 990 A, ME 480 A, MN 510 A, OH 230 A and B . These were all made by W .A . Whitfield of Albuquerque, some forty years ago . He distributed them to members at- tending an early AVA convention as souvenirs . I have several of them . He painted the clay an appropriate color so that the clay models very much resemble the tokens . The New York Transit Museum Store in New York City is selling sets of five New York subway tokens in a cardboard holder for $19 .95 . The holder contains one each of NY 630 AO,AS,AT,BE, and BJ . I've also seen the same five tokens being offered on eBay . As many millions of each of these tokens were struck, individually they are not worth close to $19 .95 for the five . But NY subway tokens are popular items in jewelry and all sorts of souvenir items, especially now that they've stopped using tokens on their subway, more's the pity . free download from: www.vecturist.com E W10 W-~ 4 4, 4l Y4JT

-Page 106- -October 2003- A .V .A . OBSERVES 55th ANNIVERSARY By John Coffee

I began collecting transportation tokens in January, 1943, when my friend Meade Peebles, a coin collector like myself, decided to save streetcar tokens . As both of us loved riding around Washington, DC, on trolley cars, this seemed natural enough . At that time there was no organized hobby, though a few collectors did use the free ads in Railroad magazine . I did get a letter from Roland Atwood saying he had a new "check list" alphabetically by states, rather than just by cities, and offering to lend me one to copy for myself . Then in July, 1947, I received the first copy of THE FARE BOX from its Editor, R .L. Moore of San Francisco . I was getting ready to attend Yale University at the time, doing the extensive required summer reading, so I did not subscribe until December of that year . Meanwhile I was sending double postcards to transit companies all over the country, asking if they would sell me tokens and for how much . I still have the over 100 reply cards I received back with rates of fare at the time . Several firms simply sent me the tokens gratis . Others offered to sell obsolete tokens at the regular fare rate, such as Norman City Lines of Oklanoma, who offered to sell me both OK 610 A and B for lOq apiece, all I wanted . I ended up buying about 20 of each . I found W .H . Williams of Jacobs Creek, PA, who offered me all I wanted of PA 480 B for 5c or 10o each (I forget which) . He only had one of 480 A . The 480 B's were all dirty so I carefully shined up each one . Then I learned that a new collector in New York City, Max M . Schwartz, who was already a prominent numismatist and attorney, was calling for a "swap-vention" to meet in his office on July 10 and 11, 1948 . I was unable to attend, but nine collectors showed up . They planned to form an association for transportation token collectors, an "American Vecturist Association," with its first meeting scheduled in Max Schwartz' office on October 31, 1948 . I took the train down from New Haven, and my friend Meade Peebles took the train up from Washington, to attend . There were, I recall, thirteen collectors present, some of the nicest folks I have ever met . We adopted a constitution--an unnecessarily elaborate one I thought--drawn up by Max Schwartz, and the AVA was on its way . Peebles and I were the youngest people present, both of us only 19 at the time . I recall after it was over I rode back to New Haven with Tone Kibbe and her parents in their car . She was only a few years older than I was . R .L . Moore, whose newsletter had prompted Max Schwartz to found the AVA, had to give it up at the end of 1948, and Peebles and I volunteered to take it over . As no one else offered to do it, Mr . Schwartz accepted our offer . Peebles lost interest in the summer of 1949, and I ended up doing it all, and I'm still at it all these years later . Our first address was P .O . Box 4835, Washington 8, DC . Then I got a P .O. Box in New Haven (P .O . Box 334, New Haven 2, CT) . When I was admitted to graduate school at Harvard in the spring of 1951, I made a special trip by train from New Haven to Boston and secured P .O . Box 1204 in Boston, which I have had ever since . As I noted two months ago, our P .O . Box 1204 will cease at the end of this year and we shall have a new number . They pushed back the deadline, so P .O . Box 1204 is still valid thru December 31, and mail addressed to it will be forwarded for two more years, in any case . But it's the end of an era . Max Schwartz, our Founding Father, was a delightful presence . He was very short, not much over 5 feet tall, but very deliberate in everything he did . He knew all the famous numismatists, and later would serve as Executive Director of the Professional Numismatists Guild . At the American Numismatic Association convention in Chicago in 1966, which I attended because I was one of three finalists to become Executive Director of the ANA (they paid my way to Chicago and back), Mac (as he wanted us to call him) introduced me to people whose coin collections were legendary, and they were all delightful people, very interested in my hobby of transportation token collecting . One of my fondest memories of Mac is when I was passing thru New York City, and of course visited him, he took me to Stack's famous coin shop . Mac and old Joe Stack were best of friends, and Mac took me behind the counter to a big cabinet and proceeded to pull out trays to see what Stack's had in tokens . I saw one token I wanted, a so-called dollar issued by Thomas L . Elder in 1909 . It looks like a transportation token (I have described these on page 361 of Volume II of the A-C Catalogue) . Stack had the silver one . Mac says "John, what do you want to pay for it?" I knew only about a dozen had been struck so it was rare, especially in silver, but as it was not a regular TT, I wasn't that hot to get it . So I decided, what the heck . "Well, I'd certainly go a dollar for it," I answered . Mac calls over old Joe Stack, introduces me, and says, "Joe, this is John Coffee, my friend . He wants this Elder token for a dollar ." "A dollar!" says Joe . "Joe, after all that I've done for you . . ." says Mac . "So take it!" says Joe . "Take the shirt off my back! Take my store!" I got the token and still have it . I'm the only surviving charter member who was present on October 31, 1948 . It has been wonderful 55 years, and I look forward to a lot more of them .

Bill Sowell, our President and New Issues Service Director, has moved to a new home : 68646 Calle Mancha - Cathedral City, CA 92234-7100 . However, he retains his P .O . Box 1235 address for mail . So continue to use the P .O . Box, but if you come to visit, now you know where to find him .

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-October 2003- -Page 107- U .S . GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION TOKENS By John Coffee

Transportation tokens come under an almost infinite variety of categories . One such that hasn't really given much attention is that of TTs issued and/or used for U .S . Government purposes . First we have those issued by the Government and on buses operated by the Government . These would be the General Services Admin- istration (GSA) tokens (CO 260 N,O ; MO 440 V ; WA 780 V ; DC 500 AF,AG,AH) . Then also from D .C . we have 500 AE, issued and used by the Department of State Transportation Service . These DC tokens were almost impossible to obtain until George Fuld's father, Melvin Fuld, somehow obtained enough of AE and AF to sup- ply all the then members of AVA . That was some 30 years ago . The two plastics, AG and AH, are still extremely rare . I got mine by writing my Congressman, who at the time was Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the U .S . House of Representatives . A couple weeks later came a letter from Tip with the two tokens, and a note saying that getting them for me was "one of the most difficult services I have performed for a constituent ." My gratitude was expressed next election day . Hearing of my success, Hal Ford wrote his Congressman . The two tokens arrived in Harold's mail box just one day before election day . Harold's gratitude was expressed the next day . I don't know if any other members took that route, or what success they had . Also from D .C . we have DC 500 A, the first token used there on streetcars . I don't know exactly how that token was used . I worked for the District of Col- umbia Government in the summers of 1945 and 1946 when I was a teenager, and I recall that my boss would send me over to the Civil Service Commission and give me a couple streetcar tokens (not 500 A) . I suspect that 500 A was originally used for that purpose, before regular tokens came into use . When they did, the special "for government use only" tokens were no longer needed . Any token would do . Then we have tokens issued by the U .S . Maritime Commission during World War II for employees working at shipyards (CA 450 G ; OR 700 B ; TX 445 G) . These were used on trains for workers in defense industries . We have one token issued by the U .S . Navy (CA 760 I) for a ride on a ferry which, I believe, the Navy operated . The story of this token is told in the May 2003 Fare Box on page 44 . Another token issued by the U .S . Navy is MN 540 Z used on a bus to a U .S . Navy barracks . A bus that operated from Sandstone, MN, to a nearby federal penitentiary used a token inscribed F .C .I . (Federal Correctional Institution) . The U .S . Veterans Administration operated a bus from its downtown office in Houston to the U .S . Naval Hospital from about 1945 to 1949, and used TX 445 H, a scarce token . Also in Texas at San Antonio, Kelly Air Force Base operated a bus line, and starting in 1952 issued a bunch of 31mm plastic tokens with various numbers on them, in various colors . These are all rare, and in a recent eBay auction one of them fetched over $200 . The U .S . Postal Service occasionally supplies its mail carriers with special tokens . We have GA 60 I, used only for mail carriers on buses of Atlanta Coach Co . When I visited the office of Georgia Power Company in 1952 they gave me two of them, and I suspect they had some more put away . This is a neat little token, and still quite scarce . But my favorite postoffice token is NJ 390 D used over a century ago on streetcars and cable cars of the North Hudson County Ry . in Jersey City . In Dayton, OH, the postoffice issued special tokens for its carriers (OH 230 M) with big holes in them (Why?) and an odd pattern, OH 998 N (at least we think it is a pattern) . I got one by writing the bus company in Dayton back in the late 1940's . Also we have a couple tokens which, at one time, were used only for mail carriers . IN 460 X (Indianapolis) was used for mail carriers but also for other special purposes . Such also was VA 620 C, used originally as a streetcar token, but years after it ceased being used, they found a bunch of them and used them again on Petersburg buses, but only for mail carriers . free download from: www.vecturist.com

-Page 108- -October 2003- We have a couple of tokens used exclusively for government purposes, but issued by private transit companies . During World War II, Gate City Transit in Greensboro, NC, issued NC 380 B for use of soldiers going to a basic training camp . During the Korean War, kids who had been drafted in Manchester, NE, would report to the Draft Board, where they were given a special copper-plated token (NH 640 K) to provide bus fare to Grenier Field . Of some 5,000 tokens that were plated, all but 777 were later destroyed . For security purposes during World War II, the buses serving the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, NJ, used special tokens (NJ 185 A,B,C) . The story of how they were used will be found on page 34 of the April 2003 Fare Box . A couple of them fetched $77 apiece in a recent AVA Convention Auction . Buses serving the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, which I believe was engaged in research on the atomic bomb, used IL 150 W and X . The W is a fairly rare token . Other tokens involved in the atomic energy project are T N 710 A and B, used by buses operated by Clinton Engineering Works at Oakridge . The fibre one is quite scarce . The tokens were issued during World War II, and the bus service ceased in 1960 . We have an extremely rare token used by the Post Exchange Bus Service at Fort Logan, CO . This very rare old token (CO 350 A) would have been used during the First World War or possibly even the Spanish-American War . A couple other PX bus tokens are SD 370 A,B . In spite of the doubt I expressed in the note beneath the listings, it is quite possible they were used to ride a bus . A number of regular bus routes also served military facilities and tokens were issued for soldiers or employees, although probably anyone else using the route could also have used the tokens . Such would be the Del Rio Military Bus Line of Del Rio, Texas (TX 265 A) . The token listed from Kodiak, Alaska (AK 500 A) was probably used on a bus, or so we were told back in the 1940's, but it may only have been a trade check used at a union hall . All those tokens issued for a bus that served Clark Air Force Base near An- geles City, Philippines, were probably used almost exclusively by military person- nel or people who worked on the base . This base has since been shut down, and some of the tokens are quite rare, though others are barely scarce . A very rare fibre token was used on a bus during World War II by employees of the large prisoner of war camp at Atlanta, Nebraska . The bus itself was a pri- vate operation but I presume that 99% of its patrons worked at the camp . That about covers transportation tokens that have a U .S . Government connection, except of course for FL 1000 A, which has nothing to do with transportation . It was strictly an admission token to the Castillo de San Marco National Monument in St . Augustine . We list it only because it looks like a bus token and has "good for one fare" on it, though in this case the "fare" is the price of admission . The story of this token and how I learned about it is on page 111 of the A-C Catalogue . I've probably missed a few, but these are rather a nice little sub categiry of transportation tokens by themselves . A few are extremely rare, several are quite common . No one owns them all . Wait! Just as I -was finishing the above article I remembered a neat little token in my own collection : KS 450 H used by the U .S . Naval Air Station at Hutchinson . I bought this token some 35 years ago from J .L . Hargett for $90 . That was a steep price back then, but by today's standards, a bargain . I don't know of more than two of these in collections, but maybe a couple others are around .

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This paper was given at the Annual Token Congress in Great Green, and the oval workman's passes from Maidstone Yarmouth in November 2001 . and then published in the Token Corporation Tramways . Corresponding Society Bulletin (Vol. 7, No .4 - September Although cellulose acetate came to be the main material for 2002) . Much of the early information comes from the research 'minted' tokens, some early examples were made from the very carried out by our late member, Don Capper, with whom the dense and often quite brittle vulcanite . Smith's 1990 Catalogue author had collaborated for almost forty years. lists only one UK token- Id . brown of Bath Electric Tramways Metal transport tokens were the norm throughout almost - as being made of vulcanite', but from their appearance and the whole of the nineteenth century, and even today our largest the name of their supplier-the Scottish Vulcanite Company - token issuer - National Transport Tokens - has selected alu- it seems likely that the Walthamstow tokens were made of this minium for its ever-growing range. The earliest British material . plastic' transport tokens were probably those issued by the Much more important was the use of vulcanised fibre when Glasgow Tramway & Omnibus Company Limited some time normal materials were in short supply, particularly in before 1894, when Glasgow Corporation took over the opera- wartime, as this could he stamped out in the same way as cel- tion. Several municipal operators issued plastic tokens during lulose acetate . Although there was a relatively restricted the that decade of the twentieth century. Manchester intro- colour range - white, grey, red brown, olive green, dark blue duced '/,d blue and Id red tokens in September 1904,' while and black - vulcanised fibre was used by some 20 undertakings Walthamstow issued three tokens two years later and the over the years . remaining four in 1907.' This was also the year in which the Montague Guest Collection was presented to the British Museum. Although basically a collection of metal badges, passes and tokens of all types, it contained some plastic trans- port tokens from Newcastle on Tyne (%d white and Id orange) and Tynemouth (Id white, 2d blue and 3d red) .' In the early days the municipal undertakings normally produced or purchased their own token dies and subcontracted the manufacture of the tokens on a batch basis . Some tokens Fig 2 Vulcanised fibre: Leigh CT, Walsall Education Cttee, were produced 'in house', as at Kilmarnock, although the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co . Corporation also used two outside suppliers for what are today very rare tokens . Others were manufactured locally, but many Some tokens involved the use of composite materials or were purchased some distance from their point of use - the more complex manufacturing processes . The first of these used Walthamstow tokens were made by the Scottish Vulcanite a 'sandwich' of cellulose acetate between two sheets of celluloid, Company. Few records survive for plastic token orders or man- which was then formed like solid celluloid acetate . The most ufacture before the First World War, so the identification of the common of these, although difficult to distinguish from similar maker can often be more difficult than the dating of these solid tokens, was a variant of the Manchester Corporation tokens. Transport hot dark blue. A similar problem exists with the '/2d Before considering some of the major token suppliers and dark blue Aberdeen Corporation Tramways token, but while their products, a brief description of the basic manufacturing the construction is easy to see on examples from Ayr, Chatham, processes and materials is appropriate . Until the 1950s and Hastings and Motherwell, these are all very rare . There were 1960s the majority of plastic tokens, irrespective of the also 'celluloid sandwiches' with a coloured sheet between two material used, were produced using broadly the same methods white sheets and the legend hot foil printed to correspond with as those for metal tokens or coins . Blanks in the required size the inner colour, as on the Booth & Fisher N .C.B. tokens for and shape - generally round - but sometimes oval, hexagonal Pilsley Colliery. or square, were punched out from strips or sheets of cellulose Sometimes, contrast (at least after a certain amount of acetate or, in later years, cellulose nitrate . The blanks were wear) would be provided by coating ordinary cellulose acetate then preheated to plasticise them before the forming operation tokens with a complementary or contrasting colour. Examples in a press . The blanks for thin celluloid tokens were merely of these were found at Aberdeen, Dundee, Halifax, Hastings, printed or hot foil stamped using pigment on metallic foil . This Hull, Sheffield, Sunderland, Wigan and Wolverhampton . last process, which was more durable in prolonged use than Tokens, using dies with interchangeable value inserts, were surface printing, was carried out using a press, as the blank provided for Barnsley (Yorkshire Traction Company) and was slightly indented when the print or foil was applied . The Swansea, while the most esoteric tokens of all were perhaps the most common thin celluloid tokens are those issued by Booth & 'hollow' varieties produced for Hastings, Lytham and Southend . These will be discussed in more detail in conjunc- aBrF tion with their manufacturer - Reliance Nameplates . K E.9 As far as transport tokens are concerned, injection moulding became the preferred process in the 1960s . but one BUS important manufacturer started using this as early as 1938, C,TOKEN 0 producing tokens for a number of municipal authorities . The 0 4 CN Q1 material used in those days was powdered cellulose acetate, whereas the favoured material for current production is high Fig 1 Booth & Fisher/Bakers Coaches - impact polystyrene. printed. Bury -tactical stamped Modern injection moulding equipment has a high capital cost, and is therefore only really suitable for volume produc- Fisher for use on their miners' services in the Sheffield area, tion, particularly as multi-cavity dies can produce as many as but examples from Bury, Hull, Rawtenstall, and latterly from 32 tokens at a time. In simple terms, the cold material, gener- Baker's Coaches of Biddulph in Staffordshire, can also be ally in granular or powder form, is fed from a hopper along a found . The material of some printed or hot foil stamped tokens heated screw. When sufficient molten material is available, looks almost like 'simulated' ivory or bone . Examples of these this is forced by hydraulic pressure through a nozzle into the are the ld. token issued by Metropolitan Electric Tramways in die cavity or cavities. The material is then held for a predeter- conjunction with Edmonds Brothers department store in Wood mined time in the die cavity before being ejected . Injection

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moulded tokens can invariably be identified by the 'pip' on the the 1920s and earlyl930s . But the most interesting aspect of edge, where they have been detached from the runner or sprue . their operations was the introduction of injection moulding as i.e. the waste, but reusable material in the channels to the die early as 1938 using powdered cellulose acetate . Early produc- cavities. tion problems caused uneven surfaces and various shape dis- Three major manufacturers of plastic transport tokens tortions, before the hand-operated process was brought under dominated the interwar years- Woollen & Company of control and improved . The results can be seen in tokens for Sheffield, Crystalate Mouldings of Tonbridge and Reliance Birmingham and a number of municipal undertakings in Nameplates of Twickenham . All had been involved in manu- Lancashire and Yorkshire (see Appendix I), but Crystalate facturing tokens in the early years of the last century, but ceased manufacture of transport tokens in the 1960s . because of the destruction of both records and dies during the Second World War and at other times, it is difficult to identify their early customers. Stuart Adams has, however, established Fig.6 Crystalate - that Crystalate delivered tokens to the Borough of East Ham injectionmoulded (now uneven surface and shape. Tramways in 1914 .6 Oldham CT, The most prolific, but perhaps the least interesting of Rochdale Transport plastic token manufacturers between the wars was Woollen & Company . Unfortunately, the loss of their records during an air raid on Sheffield, coupled with the fact that the firm moved Reliance Nameplates of Twickenham were the third largest premises four times between 1920 and 1970, has rendered dif- producer of plastic transport tokens during the interwar years, ficult the tracing of their early activities and customers . generally using the standard method of manufacture from cel- Worthy of note among their `minted' output are the only oval lulose acetate or nitrate until 1963 . There were three items of and twelve-sided plastic tokens supplied to Nottingham, note in the company history, covered in ascending order of Gateshead and Sheffield respectively, and the major restrike interest, rather than chronological order. In 1932, the company operation involving several thousand surplus Sheffield 'Ad . received an order to restrike all Stockport Corporation white tokens for conversion to Leeds Id. tokens . Tramways 1/2d. red and ld. blue tokens into %d. blue and Id. red to conform with those of Manchester Corporation Tramways, which was the major partner in the Manchester Area Token Pool. Three years later, the company introduced punch and die sets with interchangeable value inserts to increase flexibility and reduce costs and downtime, when pro- ducing the large range of values for Barnsley and Swansea . Most interesting of all, however, was the earlier introduction of Fig 3 Woollen & Co. - minted. Only manufacturer of 12-sided and 'hollow plastic tokens for Hastings, Lytham and Southend. oval plastic transport tokens. Yorks (WD) Electric Tmys, Sheffield Trans Dept., Nottingham Corp. Traps. These were produced using a cardboard, celluloid or metal disc to form a base, around which an extremely thin plastic sheet was stretched and formed to provide a two piece outer casing . A disastrous fire in 1948 (which the company happily survived) unfortunately destroyed the equipment and details of this unique process. In 1963, the company ceased production of transport tokens, without having involved itself with injection moulding and leaving its last two customers, Southport and Belfast, to find a new supplier for any future requirements . Both went to Woollen & Co Fig 4 Woollen & Co. - injection-moulded . (as Barnsley had done somewhat earlier), but Belfast also patronised a local supplier, Ulster Chesterfield CT, Southport Transport . Yorkshire Traction Co. 4d mauve, made using interchangeable dies - see also Reliance Plastics. Nameplates By 1961, the increased requirement for tokens (and other small plastic items) led the company to invest in automatic injection moulding machines, for which new dies were required to deal with molten instead of solid material . Even for these, the title on Aberdare, Newcastle and Sunderland tokens did not change from Tramways' to Transport' despite the demise of trams in 1935, 1950 and 1954 respectively . When decimali- sation came to the U.K in 1971, Woollen & Company were still Fig 7 Reliance Nameplates - minted . Hastings & District Electric producing tokens, but manufacturing was gradually handed Tramways, Southend-on-Sea CT, Yorkshire Traction Co . over to CA Grant, even when the orders were taken by Woollen and their dies were used . As mentioned earlier, Crystalate Mouldings of Tunbridge are known to have produced plastic transport tokens before the First World War, as well as the full set for the various pre- payment and 'one man' operation schemes in Lancaster during

Fig.8 Reliance Nameplates 'hollow' type - obverse and reverse (with advertisement) of two different Hastings & Dist Electric Tramways, Lytham St,Annes Borough Tramways . Three smaller, yet significant, plastic token manufacturers entered the field in 1940s and 1950s . The first recorded order Fig 5 Crystalate-minted for transport tokens given to F.E. Wilson of Sutton Coldfield Metropolitan Electric Tramways, London County Council was appropriately enough for the nearby Birmingham Tramways, Aberdare Tramways Corporation Tramways in 1942 . The tokens produced on their

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semi-automatic press were of a consistently high standard, breeding considerable customer loyalty . The company ended some thirty years of transport token production with the only known `minted' decimal currency tokens - the lp . red and 2p . blue of Ipswich Corporation Transport.

Fig. 12 CA .Grant -injection-moulded. Rotherham CT, Berkshire (with two Braille dots), Hornsea UDC, North Dorset DC ufacturing scene. The first was the Fig.9 FE, Wilson - minted change to decimal currency in February Ipswich Corporation Tramways, Walsall Corporation, 1971 and the almost contemporary emer- West Bromwich Corp Transport . gency of concessionary fare schemes funded by local councils, and then further refined by the local Next on the scene was a company well known to token col- government reorganisation of 1974 . The Sheffield firm of CA . lectors of all persuasions (and visited in conjunction with a Grant also took advantage of this watershed and sent out a Token Congress some years ago) - H.B. Sale of Birmingham . publicity mail-shot to all local authorities, offering to supply Certainly the company had made metal transport tokens in concessionary fare tokens for any relevant scheme . As these earlier years, notably the brass workman's check for Bolton councils had had no previous requirement for such tokens, and Corporation Tramways, and both brass and copper GPO passes generally had no knowledge or experience of other manufac- for Barrow-in-Furness Tramways. In the 1950s, Barrow turers, Grant made a 'killing' in this area, before moving on to Corporation Transport, until then exclusively a customer of woo those municipal transport departments which were still Woollen & Co . for plastic tokens, asked Sale to supply a set for using tokens, mainly for council officials, public service employ- the Education Committee. These tokens, injection moulded ees and schoolchildren . Here again, they were successful, par- from a quite limited colour range and thin in profile, were ticularly as Woollen & Co . were gradually withdrawing from followed some years later by a set for general use . These token manufacture, even if for a time the company retained the sales and marketing function . Fig 10 From about 1975 onwards it is true to say that, with one or H.B . Sale - injection two exceptions, all UK plastic transport tokens were made by moulded. Barrow-in- Grant (or Grant & Marples, as the company was known for a Furness Corporation time) . The only widely-used plastic tokens not produced by Dept, Grant - for Leicestershire County Council (or Leicestershire Councils Partnership, as the latest 50p . orange tokens are titled) came first from Invicta Plastics and then Ledward Plastics, both local companies. Even their days may be appear to have been the only plastic transport tokens made by numbered, because of a recently reported `scam' operated Sale, but one batch of Belfast 4d. green and 5d . blue tokens, between pensioners and taxi drivers . ostensibly made by Woollen or Ulster Plastics, has all the char- Three oddities should perhaps be mentioned . Firstly, the acteristics of the Barrow tokens manufactured around the green tokens still used by the lorries operated by the haulage same time . firm, Smith of Bletchington, to cross the Swinfard toll bridge on A. Wheatley Limited of Stockport possessed a high speed the Eynsham to Oxford road - other vehicles pay cash . Then injection moulding machine for small plastic components, but there was what can only be described as a `thick red rubbery as far as is known, this had not been used to produce transport thing' by an unknown manufacturer which, despite its inscrip . tion - Taxi - Return' - was used by Link Bus Services of Grampound Road, near St. Austell, in the 1980s on their minibus services in the Mevagissey area. Finally, the rectan- gular Harrier tokens recently discovered by Eric Moles were cut and engraved locally from bi-coloured laminated plastic sheet.

Fig 13 Leicestershire - Inaicte Plastics - Fig.ll A .Wheatley - injection-moulded . Early tokens, like the Leigh Corp Trans one, have an ejector pin mark,- much later ones do injection- not. SELNEC, Colas Valley UDC moulded Smiths - Banbury tokens until Manchester Corporation Transport put out a Plastics - tender in 1956. As a result, Wheatley produced some id . red minted and tokens and all the 1'Gd. black, 2d. green and 3d, orange require- raised letters ments. These tokens can be distinguished by an ejector pin printed. mark on the reverse, as they were pushed out while still hot . A similar mark can be found on the set of four values produced The demand for plastic tokens continues despite the for Leigh Corporation Transport some years later . requirements of the Transport 2000 Act, and the widespread No such marks are found on the concessionary fare tokens token schemes facilitated by the metal National Transport produced from 1970 onwards, as the company had purchased Tokens . Within the last year two new councils, Basingstoke & new equipment . In addition to the yellow SELNEC token and Deane and South Staffordshire have introduced their own several 'valueless' tokens', Wheatley had the distinction of pro- plastic tokens, so that there are currently about 40 different in ducing the first decimal currency token - a 2%%p. blue for use. Of these, all but two are ostensibly made by Grant, Buxton Corporation in April 1970, when it had an equivalent although some early examples may survive from the transi- value of 6d . tional Woollen/Grant era . Two events then radically altered the transport token man- John Tolson

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I I have used the more common term' plastic rather than 5 Smith, K.E . & Smith, KS. Catalogue of World Horsecar, Horse 'plastics' which, at least according to Bateson, J.D . & Rainey, Omnibus, Streetcar and Bus Transportation Tokens (American 1F . 'Plastics Tokens in Ulster', in Numismatic Society of Ireland Vecturist Association, California, 1990), p . 126 . Numerous Occasional Papers (1988), p.334, is the more correct usage. South African tokens are shown as being made from vulcanite . 2 London Evening Post, September 1904 . 'Payment of tramway 6 Adams, Essex Collection, p .108 . Crystalate were far better fares by means of celluloid discs about the size of a shilling has known to the world at large as manufacturers of billiard halls been introduced as an experiment in Manchester. A red disc, and 78 rpm gramophone records . The latter business was sold says the Manchester Guardian, represents a penny, and a blue to Decca in 1938 . David Harman has much more information on one a halfpenny, and they are sold in packs of 60 for 5/- and these aspects of the Crystalate operation, and I am most 216d.' grateful to David for making this available to me . 3 Adams, S .J . The Essex Collection, Vol. 1 . (Author, Buckhurst 7 SELNEC stands for South East Lancashire and North East Hill, 1993) pp. 267-268. Cheshire Passenger Transport Executive, which in April 1974 4 Catalogue of the Montague Guest Collection of Badges, Tokens was absorbed by Greater Manchester PTE . The 'valueless' and Passes (British Museum, London, 1930), pp. 178-179 . tokens were produced for Chapel-en-le-Frith RDC, Colne Valley UDC and Meltham UDC .

PLASTIC TRANSPORT TOKEN ISSUERS AND THEIR SUPPLIERS IN THE BRITISH ISLES Injection- Injection- Injection- IssuingLocality Minted moulded Issuing Locality Minted moulded Issuing Locality Minted moulded

England Louth G Ireland ? Abingdon G Luton We Cork Accrington Wi -- Lytham St Annes R Barnsley R we Maidenhead Northern Ireland Barrow in Furness We S/Wo/G Maidstone 0 Belfast R U/Wo Basingstoke G Melton G Bath - Manchester No/Wo C/Wh Scotland Bicester G Matlock G Aberdeen we Wo/G 9 Biddulph D -- Meltham Wh Ayr Birmingham C/W1 C Middlesborough o we Dundee we we Blackburn Wi Wo/G Midsomer Norton G Dunfermline 9 -- Blandford Forum -- G Morecambe we -- Edinburgh Wo Wo/G Bournemouth ? Newbury G Glasgow We We Bradford Wo/C Wo/C Newcastle We we Greenock 9 Bristol ? ? Newport ? Kilmarnock N/H/O/Wo -- Burton Upon Trent We Wo/G Nottingham We we Motherwell Bury C C Oldham C/Wo C/Wo Perth v Buxton Wh Plymouth We Wo/G Rothesay 0 Cannock Chase G Portsmouth G Wemyss Chapel-en-le-Frith Wh Preston W1 Chatham Ramsbottom s Wales Chester 9 Raw ten stall Aberdare C/Wo We Chesterfield C/Wo Wo Rochdale v C Swansea R Chipping Norton G Rotherham we WdG Cirencester G Rugeley G s Codsal G Salford C Manufacturers & Suppliers Colchester W1 Sheffield we Wo/G Codes South Shields We we C Crystalate Mouldings Cookham G Southampton Wi G • Dart Advertising Cosham Southend on Sea R • Grant Crewe ? Southport R 0 • Hughes Label ? Darlington RIWo Wo St Austell I Invicta Plastics Darwen Wi ? St Helens we we • Ledward Plastics Derby ? G Stafford G • National Railway & Tramway Dewsbury We we Stockport R C Appliance Doncaster ? Stockton we we No Northern Rubber East Ham C Stmud G • own manufacture Eastleigh G Sunderland we we R Reliance Nameplates Gateshead o we Swindon ? G • Sale Gloucester Tewkesbury G Sc Scottish Vulcanite Grimsby We Wo Thornbury G • Ulster Plastics v Halifax ? Tynemouth Wh Wheatley Hastings R Wakefield Wo/C C/G Wi Wilson High Wycombe Wallasey We we We Woollen Hernsea • Wallsend 7 9 maker not yet known Huddersfield We Wo/C/Wh Walsall W1 - . type not issued Hull Wo/R WdG Walthamstow Sc Hungerford • Warrington we WdG Notes Ilford Wednesbury ? The 'Issuing Locality' is generally shown as in Ilkeston West Bromwich Wi Smith's 1990 Catalogue . Ipswich Wi Wigan ? we Lancaster C Wimborne G The compiler of this table would appreciate Leeds We We Wirksworth G additions and corrections to the information Leicester I/L Witney G presented. Leigh ? Wh Wolverhampton Wi Leyton Worksop G London C

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-October 2003- -Page 113- OCTOBER SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford COLORADO Loveland 680 (Reported by Ron Shearer) COLT/962-2429 C Wb 38 Sd Good/For/1/Free Ride (* 2000)(2,000 issued) $1 .00

KENTUCKY Paducah 680 (Reported by Jerry Kelly) PADUCAH AREA/TRANSIT/SYSTEM/WOODEN NICKEL DAY/ PATS (ON FRONT OF BUS) AA Wb 38 Sd Wooden/Nickel/(buffalo)(* 11/02)(2,000 issued) .25

TEXAS San Antonio 810 KELLY A .F .B ./BUS/9 AZo Pr 31 Sd (same as obverse) 50 .00

VIRGINIA Leesburg 470 (Reported by Karl Gabsch) LOUDOUN/TRANSIT/(BUS with VIRGINIA REGIONAL TRANSIT above windshield) D Py 43 Sd Valid For One/Bus/Ride/50C Fare/No Cash Value (black printing) .50 Staunton 820 (Reported by Karl Gabsch) (820 B thru F have black printing) ROUTE 250/CONNECTOR (ON LOGO)/OPERATED BY CATS B Pg 43 Sd Valid For One/50C/Fare/No Cash Value .50 C Py 43 Sd Valid For One/$1 .00/Fare/No Cash Value 1 .00 D Pr 43 Sd Valid For One/$2 .00/Fare/No Cash Value 2 .00 E Pb 43 Sd Valid For One/Hospital/Service/Fare/No Cash Value 2 .00 F Pw 43 Sd Valid For One/Transfer/No Cash Vaoue 2 .00 Warrenton 920 (Reported by Karl Gabsch) RAPPAHANNOCK EXPRESS (in script) /(ROOSTER) A Py 43 Sd Valid For One/50C/Fare/No Cash Value (red printing) .50 VRTA (BUS, VAN over MAP OF VIRGINIA)/1-877-777-2708 B Wg 39 Sd Homeless Shelter/Free/Ride/No Cash Value 1 .00

ADDITIONSANDCORRECTIONS IL 460 L - correct reverse to read "Good For/One Ride/1/oc" NY 105 0 - correct obverse to read AUTHORITY, not "authoritty" VA 470 A B C - correct obverse to read LOUDOUN, not "Loudon"

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD COLT (City of Loveland Transit) offers local, regional, and paratransit bus service six days a week . The listed woodnik is an adult single ride local fare . There are three local routes . The local authority color-marked some by hand to denote usage by a local social agency . Thanks to Rev . Shearer, the New Issues Service will handle these at a discount over fare value . The available supply includes both, so some may received "marked" tokens .

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-Page 114- -October 2003- Jerry Kelly was able to obtain a supply of the Paducah, KY, woodnik for the N .I .S ., mentioned on page 56 of the June issue . The token was issued late in 2002, used before Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and about once a month since then . The San Antonio Kelly AFB token was an eBay offering mentioned by our Editor last month . I bet there are other unlisted tokens of this series . Loudoun County Transit issued another 50c plastic token within the past year, and the N .I .S . will handle it . See page 99 of the October 2001 issue for an article on this operation by Karl Gabsch . The Route 250 Connector operated between Staunton and Waynesboro, VA (about 16 miles with 6 designated stops) . VA 820 B is a regular fare ; 820 C is for handicapped and elderly thru a social service office ; 820 D is used at a stop which is not one of the predetermined six stops on the line (a rider must call in advance and schedule a pickup) ; 820 E is for service to and from the Augusta Medical Center in Fisherville (midway on the route) ; 820 F is used to transfer to any other VRTA service on either end of the route . Karl Gabsch obtained a supply for the N .I .S . Karl Gabsch suggested that we list the Rappahannock Express from Warrenton, VA, as it is the most significant city . Ditto the VRTA woodnik, though it is valid in maybe half a dozen different locations in the area . The N .I .S . will distribute both of these to its members .

We swap subscriptions with Medlemsblad, a monthly publication of the Danish Token Club . Even though I can't read Danish, occasionally something is pictured that appears to be of interest . In the latest issue is a photo of a green plastic 41 21-mm token with blank reverse, inscribed "KARRUSEL / 1 / PERSON / THOMAS TIVOLI" on obverse, which I assume to be a carousel token used at the famous amusement park Tivoli in Copenhaven . On the internet I've come across dozens of amusement ride tokens in use all over the world . Charles Hodder of Seattle sends along a 39mm gold-anodized aluminum token with reeded edge inscribed : CAPTAIN JACKS/(ANCHOR)/PORT TOWNSEND A 39 Sd Exploration - Survey - Charter - Towing - Salvage - (877) 278-5225 (diver with treasure chest and octopus) 2001 (in tiny letters) (reeded edge) Charles sends along an ad which indicates how the token is used . It says "10% discount with our Gold Doubloon for a non-guaranteed fare of $45, non-refundable ." This is a $5 discount off the regular $50 fare for a "whale watching cruise ." The "non-guaranteed" means they don't guarantee you'll see any whales . The tokens are more or less giveaways, so maybe if you phone Captain Jack at 877-278-5225 they'll send you a token, especially if you say you hope to visit Port Townsend, WA . Charles also sent . me an email describing and picturing a beautiful new park & ride token from Kaiserslautern, Germany . The token is described thus : BUS- UND PARKHAUSMUNZE TWK UND STADT KAISERSLAUTERN (ARMS & DESIGN) B 30 Sd Hier Sind Sic Werbegemeinschaft e . V : Kaiser in Lantern (crown) He adds, "I am particularly excited about this token due to the fact that I lived there as a child while my dad was in the Air Force ." In New Orleans they are restoring a streetcar line along Canal Street, and George Osborn sends along a photo of the trolley on its first test run October 2 . And in my native city of Tacoma, WA, they have just opened a new electric LRV (streetcar) line from the Tacoma Dome to South 9th & Commerce . Rides are free, and the 66-foot double-articulated cars were built in the Czech Republic and cost $9,000,000 each . Cars run on the 1 .6-mile line every 10 minutes, 7 days a week .

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-October 2003- -Page 115- A D STHE FARE BO77 I 0 N Ll L L L, L L L L L Managers: Anna & Bob BuUen. 731 East 26th. Stneet-Minneapolis -MN 55404-4402 (612) 871-4699

Ads ob up to 3 eotunm inches in each eatago' y ate &nee, to AVA rnembeni . LanesA ado (%,, -, o4. baU page) m.wot to pent to the Fare Box editor . Ado mint leach the manage/L6 t>y the FIFTH ob the month ob imue, oti they wilt 6e held bon next nwnth'o iooue . Exception would be ib the editor, decided on an ea4tien, date ob iioue: Uoe the 2-tetten . State abNteviation in your, ad, ai weU as go" name, add~t.eno and complete 9-digit zip code, which can le bound by Looking at a pteuiouo ad, 04, in the AVA rnem4zt6hip 4ootei. Sulmit only ONE ad pert catagoty . Mo4e wiU be combined into one ad, on held bo4, next nwnth'o isoue. Pteaie, only ads 4.elating to itemo tilted in p n6 ob the AmericanVectwn ofAooociation.

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Car wash tokens for best [AR] 435-N 1 .50 ; [CA] rfor price and further offer over catalogue plus : [GAI 580-K description . 3) Books of postage: [CA] 375-Ab ; 528- 1000-BE 2 .00 ; [IA] 65-A n10 25 .00, transfer tickets plus, ride B ; 845-B ; 965-B ; [MN] 148- 7 .50 [IN] 820-D 2 .00, 1MEj 655-A tickets. $1 .50 each plus A ; 510-A ; 640-A; 680-A ; choolBusBen@cs .com .00 : ANY{ f 'SASE . s 725-A ; [NY] 320-A ; 530-A ; 2 .00', IMO1 910-U 2 "School Bus" Ben 663-A ; [WI] 280-A . 630-BD 7 .00 ; [OH] 200-D 216 Hampton Road 1 .00; 565-A 750, D 750 ;, F Al Kohlhardt Benton Harbor MI P. 0 . Box 2649 750 ; 730-H 1 .00 ; [PA] 750- 49022-5924 Sunnyvale CA BD 3.00 ; [SC] 20-A 1 .00 ; 94087-0649 [WI] 370-A 2 .00 ; [WY] 60-A 2 .00 ; Club Tour IL '7 4 .00 . f LL L'L'L~L : Bob Kelley Let's trade . Send your TT Have a new Trade/Sell list . 2742 Cheyenne Road listr and receive mine . Have Tokens from A-C 15C to Sebring FL 33875-4737 other varied tokens and $20. Over 260 different and exonumia to trade for TT's . 160 single copies. Will trade Still have some [CA] 295-A John Cidcka across the board and sell at "Karts-N-Golf", catalogue 1540 Society Hill Dr . A-C plus 50% and postage . value $6 .00 . Sell for $1 .00 Bensalem PA 19020-3689 Send SASE for list . each plus postage. Multiples H . M . Zimmerman OK whiles supply lasts. Two for One - 2 TT's for 1 105 NW 9th Avenue Al Kohlhardt TT. Send up to 30 Different Rockaway Beach OR P . 0 . Box 2649 TT's and I will send you up 97136-9521 Sunnyvale CA to 60 TT's of my choice . A 94087-0649 free gift will be included . 25 different transportation Send $2 .50 for postage . E- tokens at $5.00 postpaid . 1) 1'/z" aluminum, twelve mail :[email protected] Rocco DiGiacomo flower, B .P .O .Elks. Allegany, "School Bus" Ben 42 Sunset Drive MI Good For $1 .00 . $5 .00 216 Hampton Road 14t . Holly NJ each plus SASE . 2) Chrome Benton Hartbor 141 08060-1915 oblong Fare BoK with brass 49022-5924 coin container . Send SASE (continued next column)

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~-L LJGJLJt'LL ti-L tPaM'LL 'tL L~iCJWtLL Transit and railroad tickets, Please help . me complete a tokens as well passes, cash fare receipts, couple of parts of my col- as monthly mostly pre-1930 . Will pass tokens from Samara US, lection. [Germany] 290-AN, and buy one item or an entire AO, AO, AR, AT-AX ; (Iran] ChapaevsK, Russia in- collection . Trades of tickets 750-BK-BM, BP-BT, fNeth- for tickets are also e,iands] 280-£R, 680-ZA, off-'metal issues. 206-652- welcome . 919-468-5510 [Norway] 600-ZB ; [Ship 0841 . cdhodder@hotmail .com Dan Benice Money] Netherlands 909-A- Charles Hodder P . 0 . Box 5708 C, G, H and Sweden 909-A- 117 12th Ave . Apt . A CVary NC 27512-5708 E ((1967 nSmith's #s) . Plus Seattle WA 98122- I am looking forr ex-USSR [PA] 840-C, D ; 998-0 . metro, tram, suburban train Charles Wrobleski and train station cloakroom 206 Green Street Clarks Green PA (Continued next column) 18411-1212

FOR SALE : I have several MA 115 .AG for sale at $5 .00 each and one 37¢ stamp . Just write to : MORT DAWSON - 100 OAKWOOD AVE ., APT . B-3 - WEST HARTFORD, CT 06119 .

A.V .A. CATALOGUES FOR SALE THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE OF U .S . & CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS (3 volumes) Volume I : the listing, 845 pages . Hardbound or loose-leaf . $45 retail ; $30 to members . Volume II : history & encyclopedia, thousands of photos . 776 pages hardbound only . $30 retail, $17 .50 to members . Volume III : specialized catalogue of minor die varieties, thousands of high quality photos . hardbound 950 pages . $50 retail ; $26 to members . (a few loose-leaf still left @ $13) CAR WASH TOKENS, 2nd edition just out . 320 pages hardbound . $25 to members, $35 to others . two or three loose-lease still available, same price . LAND COMPANY & REAL ESTATE TOKENS, 120 pages hardbound . Lots of photos . $20 retail ; $10 to members 7-YEAR A* CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENT, updates Volume I of the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue thru January 2003 .' Only a handful left . Price $7 . - Above prices include postage to USA addresses . Canada and foreign please include postage differential of $4 each for Real Estate and Car Wash ; $6 for the other books . They've just raised foreign postage hugely . Send orders for books directly to : AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION - P .O. BOX 1204 - BOSTON, MA 02104-1204

OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION President William A . Sowell - P .O . Box 1235 - Cathedral City, California 92235-1235 Vice-President Bill Weber - 6758 KOA Drive - New Tripoli, Pennsylvania 18066-2419 Secretary Karl E . Gabsch - 2820 Scenic Meadow - Waldorf, Maryland 20603 Treasurer Joel J . Reznick - 116 Meyerson Way - Wheeling, Illinois 60090 Curator Keith M . Haney - 4614 Stonegate Way - Corpus Christi, Texas 78411-4829 Past President John M . Hoffman - 8334 Heron Circle - Ooltewah, Tennessee 37363 The above, and the Editor of THE FARE BOX, constitute the Executive Board

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP 3148 FRED WRIGHT - 13485 71 Avenue #116 - Surrey, British Columbia V3W 2K6 Age 47 ; collects all types . (Karl E . Gabsch)

REINSTATEMENT TO MEMBERSHIP 2489 Joe C . Copeland - P .O . Box 4221 - Oak Ridge, T N 37831 Phone 865-482-4215 . Email joecopeland@comcast .net

CHANGE OF ADDRESS 382 Peter Jacobsen - 2129 Jubilant Avenue - Medford, Oregon 97504 2043 Arnold Korotkin - 36 Hawthorne Place 2-Q - Montclair, NJ 08042-3279 1557 Douglas E . Peters - 706 Glenwood Street - Emmaus, Pennsylvania 18049-3125 3005 Robert Simler - 1155 Hughes Drive - Hamilton, New Jersey 08690 NOTE : Doug Peters' new address is notfree downloadeffective from:. until www.vecturist.com November 17 .

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VOLUME 57, NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER 2003 OUR 677th ISSUE

November 30 . Together with this issue you will find a dues envelope for your convenience in mailing your 2004 annual dues to the Treasurer, Joel J . Reznick at P .O . Box 116, Wheeling, IL 60090-0116 . Dues are $22 for USA members, $25 for Canada, and $33 for overseas . PLEASE send in your dues right away . Late dues cause no end of troubles, lost members, wrong addresses, etc . It has been a quiet month, so not much to publish in this issue . I've been ~ . thinking of some articles to create, such as brief sketches of the pioneers of the hobby and tokens generated by religious organizations (mostly church schools) . In this issue I am reprinting another article from the Journal of the Transport Ticket Society of Great Britain written by AVA member John Tolson . This is a complete listing of all transport tokens in current use in the U .K ., many of which are not catalogued anywhere . Our cataloguing of overseas tokens is sadly behind the times, but several members are working to update things . Hundreds of tokens have been issued or discovered, which aren't catalogued anywhere yet . Some interesting tokens on ebay lately . One is a round cardboard, blank re- verse, orange, inscribed "Good For Bus, Hightower Taxicab and Transfer Co ., Phone 48, San Angelo, Texas" The picture is not very clear and I'm using the seller's explanation of the wording . It's black printing on orange, and it brought $338 .55 . Another is an aluminum (I think) token which looks like PA 965 H and I except that the pictured token on ebay says "West Elizabeth Bridge Co . / 12C / One Horse / or Mule" . The seller doesn't show the reverse but says it is the same as on H and I . The token after being posted on ebay was hauled off sale prematurely, no doubt to make a direct sale to somebody, a practice that strikes me as unfair . In any event we'll list it when we see the reverse, and can confirm the metal and size . It's a neat token in any case, isn't it? National Transport Tokens are used all over Great Britain, accepted on hundreds of transit facilities . Yosef Sa'ar reports a new one, a 23mm aluminum with reeded edge, inscribed "National Transport Token l 2003 / Li l / T (in logo") so we have a One Pound token now in general use over there . Mr . Sa'ar says that a quantity of them have been made available to AVA members by the NTT, so watch for an an- nouncement of their availability . Proceeds from the sale will go to the AVA . Good news! Thanks to Larry Dziubek, the New Issues Service has obtained 200 each of three new tokens now in use in Butler, PA . These were mentioned not long ago in The Fare Box .

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-Page 118- (blank) blue (white letters on obverse and white reverse) (blank) yellow (black letters on obverse and black reverse) (BELOW ARTICLE IS REPRINTED FROM (blank) white (black letters on obverse and black reverse) THE JOURNAL OF THE TRANSPORT (These are oblong tokens in laminated plastic itroduced TICKET SOCIETY with the kind in August 1999) permission of Mr . Tolson, the author .) EASTLEIGH Title: EASTLEIGH BOROUGH COUNCIL E £1 light blue Concessionary Fare Token E (7 sided) (replaced 50p orange from 1 July 2003, and has 'Expiry Date 31-08-04'on reverse)

UK Tokens at I August 2003 GRIMSBY Title : GRIMSBY-CLEETHORPES TRANSPORT A listing of all known transport tokens currently in use in the Black Fare Token UK compiled by John Tolson (These tokens cover the Grimsby - Immingham return journey, as stated on reverse . Still in limited use .) All tokens are round and made of injection moulded plastic, except where otherwise stated . This survey updates that pub- HULL lished on pages 375,376/2002, and follows the layout conven- Title : KINGSTON UPON HULL CORPORATION tions used therein TRANSPORT (arms) 2p orange 3p yellow 5p lilac 5p purple (a) ENGLAND AND WALES Title : KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY TRANSPORT (arms) BASINGSTOKE sp lilac 5p light blue 5p blue 10p black 20p red Title: BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE BOROUGH COUNCIL £1 dark pink B&DBC Concessionary Fares Token LEICESTER (replaced £1 green from 1Apri1, 2003,and has 'Expires Title : LEICESTERSHIRE COUNCILS PARTNERSHIP 31 .03.04' on reverse) Sop yellow Concessionary Fare Token pierced 'L' (replaced 5op purple from 1 May 2003) BIRMINGHAM Title : TRAVEL WM DAYSAVER TOKEN LINCOLN Token No Cash Value (white metal) (Logo-29) Title : LINCOLN CITY COUNCIL 20p orange Concessionary Fares Token pierced 'L' BLACKBURN (replaced 20p dk. green from 1 March 1998) Title: NATIONAL TRANSPORT TOKEN 50p It green Concessionary Fare Token (7 sided) 10 (10p) aluminium (12 varieties with Zodiac signs dated (Introduced 1 April 2002 in addition to 20p orange 1994) to facilitate token distribution) 10 " (6 varieties with Zodiac signs dated 1995) 20 (top) (Tramcar) NEWBURY 20 " (Bus) Title: BERKSHIRE 20 (Electric Train) 25p red Concessionary Fare Token (7 sided) pierced 'B' 20 (Tyneside Metrocar) £1 lt .blue Concessionary Fare Token (7 sided) pierced 'B' 20 (Midibus) (The 25p red has Braille dots to enable blind 20 " (Leyland 'N type bus) passengers to distinguish it from the £1 token, as both 50 (5op) (1927 bustmap) are identical in size and shape) 50 (Caernarfon Castle) 50 (York Minster) NEWPORT 50 (Conwy Castle) Title: N.C .T. (V cipher) 50 (Edinburgh Castle) One Journey Token brass (centre hole) 50 (Oakham Castle) Title: N.T. (V cipher) 50 (Company Logo) One Journey Token brass (centre bole) 50 (Ebley Mill) (For full details of 10p Zodiac tokens, see list on page SOUTHAMPTON 229/1995 . All top tokens are 7 sided and 50p tokens 9 Title : SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL A sided.) Itchen Bridge (Bridge Cipher) green (square centre hole) Title : CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON A PV BLANDFORD FORUM Itchen Bridge (Bridge Cipher) red (square centre hole) Title: NORTH DORSET DISTRICT COUNCIL Itchen Bridge (Bridge Cipher) yellow (square centre hole) 50p blue Taxi Token (Square) Title: CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON CV Itchen Bridge (Bridge Cipher) green (square centre hole) CANNOCK Title: CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON D PV Title: CANNOCK CHASE COUNCIL Itchen Bridge (Bridge Cipher) dk green (square centre 50p green Concessionary Fare Token (7 sided) pierced C' hole) (replaced 50p white from 1 June 2002) Itchen Bridge (Bridge Cipher) blue (square centre hole) (NB The code letters no longer have any signifi- CHIPPENHAM cance. Red tokens are used for private cars and Title : W.C.C. VALID FOR 1 JOURNEY ONLY light commercial vehicles up to 2 tonnes (off peak), School bus token (replaced orange token in 1992) and blue tokens for the same vehicles in peak hours . Green tokens are used for vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes, CIRENCESTER but the yellow tokens which were used for vehicles Title : COTSWOLD DISTRICT COUNCIL above that weight, are now used by persons granted 40p light green (As obverse) (replaced 40p white from a disability concession . The orange token has been 1 April 2003 . in use exclusively for vehicles above 7.5 tonnes since 1 April 2003 . Tokens are available at a discount to CODSALL local residents and firms .) Title : SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL 50p light blue Concessionary Fare Token (7-sided), pierced STAFFORD 'S' (replaced National Transport Tokens from lOct 2002) Title: STAFFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL CREWE 20p orange Concessionary Fare Token Title : THE HARRIER DAY RETURN (blank) red (white letters on obverse and white reverse) free download from: www.vecturist.com

-November 2003- -Page 119- 1. All bids must be postmarked no later than DECEMBER 31, 2003 2. Bids under catalog value will not be considered . 3. Please bid by lot # . 4. Successful bidders are responsible for postage and insurance. 5. Varieties listed are from the Godsoe Varieties Catalog . 6 . Please submit bids to : Bob Schneider, 2321 Londale Court, Virginia Beach, Virginia

1 . CA545B 60. IL15OAa 119 . IL795B 178 . NY629D 237 . NY830E 296. TX270B 2 . CA715Nb 61. IL15OAb 120 . IL795D 179 . NY629F 238 . NY830G 297. TX265A 3 . CA945L 62 . IL150C 121 . IL795F 180 . NY629H 239 . NY875A 298. TX275A 4 . FL90B 63 . IL150I 122 . IL795I 181 . NY6291 240 . NY875C 299. TX640B 5 . FL105A 64 . IL150S 123 . 1L855A 182 . NY629J 241 . NY875D 300. TX640C 6 . FL130A 65 . ILISOW 124 . IL999U 183 . NY629K 242 . NY875AA 301 . TX710B 7 . FL290A 66 . IL150AG 125 . IL999V 184 . NY630B 243 . NY890A 302. TX71OC 8 . FL290B 67. IL150AL 126 . KY5IOBN 185 . NY630J 244 . NY890H 303. TX750A 9 . FL300A 68. IL195B 127. KY680H 186 . NY63OLa 245 . NY905A 304. TX805A 10 . FL300D 69. IL200A 128 . KY6801 187 . NY63OLb 246 . NY905D 305. TX805Ba II . FL380C 70. IL200C 129 . MA115AA 188 . NY63OLc 247 . NY905F 306. TX805Bb 12 . FL380D 71 . IL200D 130 . MA430A 189 . NY630Ld 248 . NY935B 307. TX805C 13 . FL380E 72. IL200E 131 . MA660C 190 . NY630M 249 . NY945A 308 . TX810AF 14 . FL380F 73. IL210A 132 . NV150A 191 . NY630P 250. NY945E 309. TX810AG 15 . FL3806 . IL220B 133 . NV500A 192. NY630Q 251. NY955B 310 . TX890A 16 . FL380H 75. IL220C 134 . NV500B 193. NY630T 252. NYI000A 311 . TX890B 17 . FL3801 76. IL220E 135 . NV900A 194. NY630Y 253. NC95OBa 312 . TX965D 18 . FL380J 77. 1L22OF 136. NV900B 195. NY630AA 254. OH440D 313 . TX9653 19 . FL380K 78. IL235B 137 . NV900C 196. NY630AJ 255. PAISKa 314 . TX965K 20 . FL3800 79. 1L235D 138 . NV900D 197. NY63OAK 256. PA15Kb 315 . TX1000A 21 . FL380R 80. IL250M 139 . NYIOK 198. NY630AP 257. PA15Kc 316 . VA65B 22 . FL410A 81 . IL25ON 140 . NYIOL 199. NY630AR 258. PAI5Kd 317 . VA80A 23. FL440A 82. IL305A 141. NY1OM 200, NY63OBB 259. PA150 318 . VA155A 24. FL530A 83. IL320A 142. NYIOT 201 . NY6311 260. PA850D 319 . VA500H 25. FL540A 84. IL320B 143 . NY25A 202. NY63IJ 261 . SCIIOB 320 . VA5001 26. FL540B 85. IL320C 144. NY25B 203. NY631K 262. SC240C 321 . VA530A 27. FL610D 86. 1L370A 145. NY25C 204. NY631N 263. SC310B 322 . VA5800 28. FL410E 87. IL370B 146. NY35C 205. NY631S 264. SC450A 323 . VA600C 29. FL670A 88. IL370C 147. NY8OD 206. NY631V 265. SC450B 324 . VA60OF 30. FL710A 89. IL370D 148. NY80G 207. NY632A 266. SC450C 325 . VA6001 31 . FL850A 90. 11,420A 149. NY8OH 208. NY632D 267. SC450D 326 . VA600J 32 . FL900A 91 . IL430A 150. NY80N 209. NY680B 268. SC450E 327. VA620A 33. FL910A 92. IL430B 151 . NY1050 210. NY680C 269. SC490B 328. VA620B 34. FL960F 93 . IL430C 152. NY105G 211 . NY690A 270. SC490C 329. VA620C 35. FL1000A 94. IL430D 153. NY235B 212 . NY695A 271 . SC500A 330. VA620F 36. GA20A 95. IL455F 154. NY235C 213 . NY715A 272 . SC500B 331. VA620G 37 . GA50B 96 . IL460B 155. NY285A 214. NY735B 273 . SC880Aa 332 . VA620H 38. CA60H 97 . IIA60C 156. NY290A 215. NY735C 274. SC88OAb 333 . VA6201 39 . GA601 98 . IL460J 157. NY300A 216. NY735D 275. SC880B 334 . VA620J 40. CA60Z 99 . IL460K 158. NY305A 217. NY735E 276. TX50A 335 . VA620K 41 . GA60AG 100 . IL470A 159. NY355D 218 . NY745A 277 . TX50M 336 . VA620L 42 . CA240B 101 . IL475A 160. NY360A 219 . NY780A 278. TX55C 337 . VA620N 43 . GA360A 102 . IL580A 161 . NY365A 220 . NY780B 279. TX55D 338 . VA720A 44 . GA580A 103 . IL580C 162 . NY380C 221 . NY780C 280. TX60A 339 . VA720B 45 . GA580K 104 . IL580D 163 . NY410A 222 . NY7801 281 . TX65C 340 . VA720C 46 . CA5800 105 . IL600C 164. NY425A 223 . NY780K 282 . TX65G 341 . VA985A 47 . GA750E 106 . IL600D 165 . NY425B 224 . NY78OMa 283 . TX135D 342 . WA78OKb 48 . GA765A 107 . IL60OF 166 . NY425C 225 . NY780Mb 284 . TX135E 343 . WA78OKc 49 . GA880A 108 . IL610A 167 . NY437B 226 . NY78ON 285 . TX135I 344 . WA78OZ 50 . ILIOC 109 . IL720A 168 . NY437C 227 . NY7800a 286. TX145B 345. DC500A 51 . IL700 110 . IL755C 169 . NY437D 228 . NY7800b 287 . TX255M 346 . DC500J 52 . IL95A 111 . 1L760A 170 . NY440B 229 . NY78OPa 288. TX255N 347. DC50ON 53 . ILIOOA 112 . IL760C 171 . NY615A 230 . NY780Pb 289 . TX255P 348 . DC500AI 54 . IL130A 113 . 11.7600 172 . NY615B 231 . NY780Q 290. TX255Q 349. DC500AJ 55 . IL130B 114. IL760E 173 . NY615C 232. NY780X 291. TX256A 350 . DC997A 56 . IL130D 115. IL760C 174 . NY615F 233 . NY785D 292 . TX340P 351 . DC640J 57 . IL130E 116 . IL763A 175 . NY612B 234. NY790E 293 . TX360E 352 . DC640K 58 . IL135F 117 . IL768C 176 . NY628C 235. NY790J 294. TX400B 353. DC998A 59 . IL135C 118. IL795A 177 . NY629C 236. NY800A 295. TX565A

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-Page 120- -November 2003- NOVEMBER SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford CALIFORNIA San Jose 775 (Reported by Al Kohlhardt) WESTFIELD/SHOPPINGTON/OAKRIDE/SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA/Rwn R o B 2.9 Sd Carousel/Admit One /"Westie" /(carousel kangaroo) $2 .00 Vacaville 940 (Reported by Karl Gabsch) WWW . CITYCOACH . COM / VACAV I LLE/2002 /(BUS) F B 29 Sd One Free/Ride/797-449-6000/m1/(U .S . Flag)(* 2002) 1 .00

MICHIGAN Ludington 585 (Reported by Karl Gabsch) L.M .T .A . /1 .00 H Pg Oc Sd Money/Chip (29mm) (white printing) 1 .00

VIRGINIA Patterns 998 (Reported by Bill Boncek) LYNCHBURG TRANSIT COMPANY D Z 16 L One Fare

WASHINGTON Wenatchee 970 (Reported by Bill Sowell) LINK/TRANSIT/(LOGO) C B 25 Sd Good For One Trip/In One Z'one/l/Zone/Hm .50

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS Ml 370 R : correct reverse to read : WCUZ 101fm/1230am/Good For One Ride/Grata/ Trolley Token/(eagle over wreath) BC 850 J : delete as it was already listed as BC 850 G .

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD AI Kohlhardt recently visited a shopping mall in south San Jose, CA, and discovered a listable carousel token currently in use . He will attempt to obtain a supply for the New Issues Service . Note the "rwm" mintmark, seldom seen on California exonumia . Cith Coach of Vacaville, CA, issued another brass token last year, struck by Hoffman Mint . As the other tokens issued by the local authority, this one is also used for special events or trips . Tokens are not in daily use . I drove up to Vacaville to purchase a supply for the N .I .S . Ludington Mass Transit Authority (LMTA) issued a one dollar plastic full fare token a few years ago, and Karl Gabsch stumbled on to it in his research of new listings . He has obtained a supply for N .I .S . Bill Boncek picked up the new token we list as VA 998 D at a local coin show, mixed in with about 120 other TTs . So it pays to check out that mix of apparent common tokens . You might find a good one . We give it a pattern listing since the Meyer & Wenthe records do not note a regular zinc issue . It is the same die as VA 500 Fb . Link Transit serves Chelan and Douglas counties in the State of Washington, and the base of operations is Wenatchee . The listed token is good for a one-zone fare . Two tokens may be used for a two-zone fare, and the bus driver will issue a transfer to indicate that a full fare has been paid, surrendered when departing the bus at destination . Tokens are sold in bags of 22 for $10 . The local author- ity was very friendly and madefree a downloadsupply from:available www.vecturist.com for the N .I .S .

-November 2003- -Page 121- Eugene Schaetzel reports two carousel tokens that do not qualify for listing, but which are worth noting : (1) B 29 Sd SUE'S CAROUSEL / OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO (D / TURN YOUR WORLD AROUND (CAROUSEL / rwm // SUE's CAR- OUSEL / 1999 (2) WM 25 Sd LINCOLN PARK ZOO / 2001 / (GORILLA) // Amer- itceh / Endangered / Species / Carousel / hm Ron Schearer has a contact in Salt Lake City and is able to obtain UT 750 W (listed 8/03) for the N .I .S . and notes that a similar token, dated 2004, may be in the works .

JIM MEDD When Jim didn't renew his membership for 2003 1 was worried . Just this month I received the sad tidings that Jim had died on November 3, 2003, at age 72 . He held AVA #802, and had a beautiful collection of Tennessee TTs including 490 A, 600 A, and 690 A . In addition to TTs, Jim collected Civil War tokens and trade tokens . Originally from Wisconsin, Jim was a Past President of Numismatists of Wisconsin, and had served as a board member of National Scrip Collectors Assn ., and of the South Eastern Token Society . A memorial service was held November 8 in his home town of Crossville, TN, attended my a number of collectors as well as his family . Jim called me frequently, and I was able to help him with several Tennessee tokens that he needed . They don't come any nicer, and all of us shall miss him so much . ***** FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE FARE BOX The November 1953 issue of THE FARE BOX the election of Quincy Laflin of St . Paul as AVA president, and Cecil Jefferson of Seattle as vice-president . Laflin received 59 votes, and Albert Field of NYC received 8 votes . Jefferson re- ceived 37 votes, and Bill Eisenberg of Pittsburgh received 26 votes . It seems strange that there were actually contested elections back in the old days, whereas today it's all we can do to find someone willing to serve . That same issue included an interesting brief article by Ivan Cline of Evansville . Ivan managed to dig up (literally in many cases) a number of old ferry tokens from Indiana, and the following article, reprinted here, tells the story of the Fittons Ferry of New Harmony, which issued IN 700 A-E and G, all still quite rare . THE OLD FITTONS STEAM FERRY By Ivan B . Cline The old Fittons Ferry was the first steam ferry in the State of Indiana . That was way back in the 1800's . While looking for the New Harmony tokens I happened to run across a man whose father had worked for the Fittons Ferry when he was a boy . The latter had been dead for over 28 years, -so therefore we can assume the ferry must be at least 100 years old . The man said he might be able to find some of the old tokens among his father's belongings . With luck we did find eight of them . These tokens are made of aluminum . Seven of them have 70c in Ferriage on them, and the other one has $1 .00 in Ferriage . This is an entirely different ferry from the one that IN 700 F was used on . Exactly when and how they were used I cannot say, but both are in New Harmony, the second oldest city in Indiana, and both ferries have been discontinued .

Ed Axthelm reports that fare values of VA 885 and 985 tokens have been increased, as follows : 885 A $1 .50 to $2 .50 ; 985 A $5 to $5 .50, B 75C to $1, C 354 to 50C, D 35C to 504, E $5 to $5 .50, F $1 .75 to $2 .50, G 751 to $1, H 35C to 50C, 1 750 to $1, and J 75C to $1 . Ed is also working to get a supply of 985 J for N .I .S ., but says it will take a couple months to accumulate enough of them .

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-Page 122- -November 2003 SUPPLEMENT #27 TO CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICA BY HAROLD V . FORD SECOND EDITION

ARIZONA Tempe 800 SALEM BOYS CAR WASH CAR WASH rwm • WM 25 Sd Carwash Token (antique car) 1 .50

KANSAS La Cygne 523 (ex Unid 336 & 485) LaCYGNE CAR WASH (SWAN) A Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token hh (antique car) 1 .00 • Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token tun (antique car) 1 .00

MARYLAND Annapolis 40 SHEPHERD'S CARWASH . (IN LOGO) A Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token rwm (antique car) .50

MINNESOTA Mankato 510 CLEMENTS AUTO CO . 625-5641 B o B 29 Sd Carwash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value VB (crown) 5 .00

NEW YORK Waterloo 943 AUTO WASH INC . A Bz 25 Sd Good .For .Fifty .Cents .in .Trade 50 hm .50

TEXAS Greenville 400 (ex Unid 7) HICKMAN'S AUTOMATIC 3415 STONEWALL 25c A o A 29 Sd Car Wash Token 15 .00

San Antonio 810 FRED'S GARAGE 2903 N . ST .MARY'S P . 20092 • o A 18 Sd Washing and Greasing 15 .00

UNIDENTIFIED AA EQUIPMENT 580 B 23 Sd Good For Five Minutes in Our Car Wash Meter AUTO SPA BUBBLE WASH BRADFORD***VENTURETOWN 581 B 25 Sd Car Wash Token Non Refundable No Cash Value (Bradford, PA?) CASCADE CAR WASH 582 B 24 Sd (blank)(12 sided)(incuse lettering on obv .) CRYSTAL SPRINGS WASH TOKEN CAR WASH 583 Bz 25 Sd bm (cartoon auto facing left) (stars) FRANKLIN STREET CARWASH HELPING KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN rwm 584 B 25 Sd Carwash Token rwm (convertible car) POWER WASH U.S .A . rwm 585 Bz 27 Sd Carwash Token rwm (truck, car, van, with horiz .lines behind) SPI (LOGO) CARING . . . WHAT WE DO BEST (incuse) 586 Bz 25 Sd Carwash Token c (antique car) (ACa) VALID ONLY AT THE FERN ST . CAR WASH AT AVE I NO CASH VALUE rwm 587 A 25 Sd 25 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS PA 743 B, add (ears .) a . (REV F)(1,000 struck 7/65) b . (REV J)(1,000 struck 3/66)

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A D STHEFAREBO7 I 0 N G LL LLi L L L LL.LiL Managers: Anna S Bob Butler, 731 East 26th Stteet Minneapotin MN 55404-4402 (612) 871-4699

Ado ob up to 3 cotumn inches in each catago'.y are Ma to AVA mernde40 . Larger, ado (';, %, on £ U page) nuuOt be pent to the Fane Box editor, . Ado must trench the managers by the FIFTH of, the month of, iooue, rn they wilt be held bon next monUC6 iooue . Exception would be ib the ed i decide6 on an eaM,iart date of iooue . We the 2-fetter, State abbreviation in your, ad, ao weld as yowl name, addAe46 and complete 9-digit zip code, which- can '-be bound by looking at a p'teoiouo ad, oti in the AVA membeiA hip shooter . Submit onty ONE ad per, catagoky . Mow wilt be combined into one ad, oti held f oti next mondh'o iooue . Please, only ado wlatfng to atewhatedin p no, o6the Ant-scan Vecttvwot A66oci.ation.

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Best offer over 2X catalo- Paying full catalogue for gue Thousands of transportation (indicated) plus postage Sioux City, IA transportation tokens at' 2X catalogue . and insurance for the fol- tokens . Write with offer. http://www.fantasticprices.com lowing Club Tour Tokens: James Vander Helm [AZ] 1 (2 .50) ; trntoken .html . Ignore prices [GA] 1 18618 Birch Avenue on the web site. They are (1 .50), 2 (1 .50) ; [IL] 3 Akron 1A 51001-8827 for non-members. It . moti- (2 .00), 4 )3 .50), 5 (2 .50) ; vates them to become [MA] 1 (1 .00) . 2 (1 .00), 4 L tiiL LLLL G LLL"L members. Also on this site (3 .50), 6 (2 .50) . Also these are other tokens like OPA5 . Fantasy tokens : [IN] 1 ($1), My new catalogue of charge No computer No problem . 2 ($1), 5 ($1) . Bid visa e- coins was just published. Send SASE for list . mail :@ wasltooPaol .com or Lists 620 pieces Atwood- Bob Schneider write. style with rarity and value :, 2321 Londale Court William 5o'ieI I Includes many taxicab, car Virginia Beach VA P . 0 . Box 1235 rental, oil company credit 23456- Cathedral City CA tokens . Soft cover, 92 92235-1235 Pages. Wirebound . $15 .00 100 mixed transportation to- postpaid . kens. $15.00 postpaid . Best offer : AVA catalogues, Stephen Alpert James Vander Helm all loose leaf . Plus postage . P . 0 . Box 66331 18618 Birch Avenue 1970 3rd edition Atwood, Los Angeles CA Akron IA 51001-8827 1983 4th ed . Atwood ; 1967 90066-0331 ist ed World Transit, Tokens [FL] 880-J (the large wo- LL u:LL oden token) for $1 .75 each Catalooue World Ferry, ship plus one 37C stamp. I have and Canal Transit Tokens by 35mm aluminum trolley to- several for sale . Please Smith, 1966 World Parking ken [NH] 350-A (one port write . Tokens by Fiesel . Mort Dawson trolley company) . Sell one Larry Freeman 100 Oakwood Avenue .00, 6500 Ely Vista Drive for $3 two for $5.00 Apartment B-3 postpaid . Parma OH 44129-6149 West Hartford CT Rocco DiGiacomo 06119-2149 42Sunset Drive Mt Holly NJ 08060-1915 Ado continued-on next page, The new mailing address for The Fare Box, the AVA ., and John Coffee, will be P . O . Box 961207 - Boston, MA 02196-1207 . BUT DO NOT USE IT YET, as the new postoffice has not yet been opened and I don't know when it will be . Continue to use P .O. Box 1204 - Boston MA 02104 - until I make a big front page announcement, maybe next month, maybe longer than that . Who knows?

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11L tVLLL!LL f~ L V LCLC 4L L')CLL@i?LLI Will trade any of the fol- Trade for tokens or cash . My Railroad/traoSAQriatiprs --tic- and passes wanted. US lowing for rare telephone personal set of strap type watch fobs [OH] 435-A, Ba, pre1935 mostly. Will pay tokens I need . Send descrip- Bb, C, D. Encased in alu- cash or will trade tickets - tion bob@gilbertweb ;com . 919- minum with straps . $27.00 which ever you prefer [CA] 815-C`-($104 -1,A] 640- postpaid . Singles are avail- 468-5510. F ($85) ; [IL] 150-B ($15)' able . Dan Benice [IN] 460-H (12 .50) ; [KYJ P . 0 . Box 5708 [MA] 305-A Larry Freeman 510-K ($20) ; Cary NC 27512-5708 ($35) ; 505-B ($15) ; 998-1 6500 Ely Vista Drive ; Pa ma 0H 44129 61 9 ($20) ; [ME] 480-A ($20) Transportation tokens wan- [MI] 605-P ($20) ; [MN] 230- ted . Let me know what you F ($15) ; [MS] 620-A ($20) ; 4L LJLt,ILJttft have and how much you 900-C ($12 .50) . Mote. next want. Commons are OK. Watch fobs depicting a ship. month. . Also any with a coin or Multiples of same are OK Bob Gilbert-y° Huge colloections or just a encased., . Anything P. 0 . Box 299 token few TT's are OK . Also want concatenated order of Hoo- Liberty Corner NJ your extra transportation 07938- Hoo witha cat and a tail of each. Unlfmiie "9".Have tokens or cash . tokens @ 60 quantities, but no more than Larry Freeman 10 of the same from any 6500 Vista Drive Ely : E-mail : Parma OH 44129-6149 one shopper mykidsplay@aol .com Bob Schneider 2321 Londale Court Virginia BVeach VA 23456-

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP 3149 H. GENE BOTTENBERG - 800 Hawkstone Drive #23 - Eaton, CO 8060 (phone 970-454-1996) Age 55 ; Teacher . Collects US, Parking, Car Wash . (Shearer)( email : bottn@aol .com 3150 LEE F . SMITH - 123 Rubina Lane, Apt . 2 - Fond du Lac, WI 54935-5318 (phone 920-924-0224) Age 56 ; Disabled Veteran . Collects all types . (Schneider) 3151 JUDD . :MAHER - 2294 Kalinda Drive - Sandy, Utah 84092 (phone 801-201-8162)(email j udd@non-stopmusic .com Age 48 ; Music-Producer. Collects U .S . (Sowell) 3152 THOMAS LEVESQUE - 62 Burncoat Terrace - Worcester, MA 01606 _ Age 35 ; Bus Driver Worcester RTA . Collects U .S . (Simon) 3153 RIK VAN DAM - Burg .Martenssingel 115 - 2806 CS Gouda, Netherlands (phone 0031-0182-516-140) Age 44 ; Electrician . Collects Parking, Dutch, GB Machine . (K .E . Gabsch)(email info@dutchtokens .com 3154 JOHN A . MOSCHERA - 75 Scenic Drive - Hastings-on-Hudson, - NY 10706 Age 60 ; ;Biochemist . Collects U .S . (Schneider) 3155 RON DiLORENZO - 124 Alden Avenue - Warwick, Rhode Island 02889 Traffic Manager . Collects U .S., Canada (Weber) 3156 GEORGE DYSINGER - 2501 E . 51st Street, Suite 325 - Tulsa, OK 74105 (phone 918-749-2207) Retired . Collects all types . (Cornell) 3157 STERLING LOPEZ - P .O . Box 123 - Newton Junction, NH 03859 (phone 603-382-8572) Maintenance . Collects U .S ., Canada (Coffee)

REINSTATEMENT TO MEMBERSHIP 2548 Charles Rickard - P.O . Box 628 - Randallstown, Maryland 21133-0528

CHANGES OF ADDRESS 1451 Douglas G . Borden - 25 Rosewood Terrace - Spartanburg, SC 29307 (phone & email remain same) L275 Gerald Johnson - 1644 So . Andee Drive - Palm Springs, California 92264 2427 Alvan Jones - P .O . Box 3423 - Fayville, Massachusetts 01745

John Byars reports a mysterious token from El Paso . Brass 29mm "THE STATE OF TEXAS/(STAR IN WREATH)/ 1997/75th - EL PASO" on obverse, and "Non Refundable/1 Ride Token/No Cash Value/hh" on reverse . We can't figure out who used it or why . Any ideas out there? Ron Greene informs us that the animal depicted on BC 850 H & I is a rabbit and not a kangaroo as we have- it in the catalogue . . This was confirmed by the ferry, which calls its rides "bunny hops ."

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. ...f.... suuuuumnuTHEuuunuuuuwwuuuuuuwnuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuin FARE 1IL1,4(194ll...... BOX...~iiiiii...... ,..~~~~....1_111...... 1.1.111..11..... A Monthly News-Letter for Transportation_ ---I Token.lI i Collectors ...~.I..~.~~~....~.~.. ~ NEW ISSUES EDITOR EDITOR J RROLD V. FORD I. Ji GOFER, JR; 43 Arroyo (Prive P. E7. Los 961207 Moraga, California coston, Massachusetts 945"6 02196-1207 Now Issues Service S&vertising Xaaagoro WILLIAM A . SOWELL ROBURW sxn 71NNR BUWILIIR P. 0. Box 1235 2805 EAST LAKE ST ., APT . 304 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55406 Cathedral City. California 92235-1235

VOLUME 57, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 2003 OUR 678th ISSUE OUR NEW ADDRESS IS NOW IN EFFECT Please note that our long-time P .O . Box 1204 address is no more . That postoffice has been closed, and we have our new box across the street in a brand new facility . The new correct address for The Fare Box, the A . V,A ., and John M . Coffee, is : P .O . BOX 961207 - BOSTON, MA 02196-1207 Mail sent t, the o 'd cddr .'ss . I am tnh wil' continue to be forM'orded for two years . But I strongly recommend that you use the new Box 961207 address to save time .

January 11 . Please note also that our Advertising Managers have a new address . After many years on 26th Street, Bob & Anna Butler have moved to 2805 East Lake Street - Minneapolis, MN 55406 . From now on send your ads to their new address . If you have not yet sent in your annual AVA dues for year 2004, please do so immediately . Dues are $22 for USA addresses, $25 for Canada, and $33 for over- seas (thanks to exorbitant postage rates) . Send it to Joel Reznick, Treasurer, at P .O . Box 116 - Wheeling, IL 60090-0116 . If you don't get it in very soon, you will miss out on the January issue . We are late this month because, frankly, there was not much of anything to publish . I've created some articles myself to flesh out the issue, with pictures that I hope turn out OK . I also wanted to be certain of our new address, as the postoffice kept hedging and delaying, but now I have my new key, and the new facility opens tomorrow . We often find interesting stuff on Ebay, and last week I found an aluminum 23mm token inscribed J .P . FRANZEN/LIVERY // GOOD FOR / 154: / ONE TEAM . Anything with "livery" on it makes images of depotels dance in the brain, but liv- ery stables alsd rented horses and boarded horses . This token almost certainly was for boarding or rental of horses, and certainly not for a ride . Latest top bid was $95, and while the token is certainly rare, it is not a transportation token . Subway fare in Boston, as of January 4, went up to $1 .25 . They continue to use MA 115 L AM AN AO, which now each have a $1 .25 value, although 115 AM and AO are rarely seen or used . Senior fare, which I use, goes to 35C from 25C, so I don't need a token . But from an ad in The Fare Box I loaded up on Boston tokens @ 50C, which I sell to my students at my cost . Those kids work hard enough for their education as it is .

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-Page 126- -December 2003- THE CURATOR'S YEAR END REPORT BY KEITH M . HANEY THE DECEMBER 1965 FARE BOX HAD A "CURATOR'S YEAR-END REPORT" BY ROBERT RITTERBAND, DETAILING THE ASSETS OF THE AVA . BACK THEN, THE CURATOR WAS AN ELECTED POSITION, AND THE PRIZE HOLDING WAS A SET OF 225 COLOR SLIDES OF RARE TOKENS . THEY WERE LOANED OUT FOR MEMBERS TO USE FOR PRESENTATIONS AT THE MANY LOCAL CHAPTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AVA . MANY OTHER ITEMS WERE AMONG THE DONATIONS THAT YEAR, INCLUDING PUBLICATIONS, TOUR TOKENS, CONVENTION BADGES, PROGRAMS, MAPS, AND EVEN THE PRINTING OF 1000 3X5 FILE CARDS . BUT PEOPLE COME AND PEOPLE GO. SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN TO KEEP THEIR MOUTH SHUT, AND AT THE PASSING OF MY IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR, I VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE OVER THE CURATOR POSITION . WHAT I GOT WAS NOT MUCH . I HAVE THE ORIGINALS OF THE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS UP TO #1299 (1971) . THE FILE RESUMES AT #2739 (1996) AND I THINK I CAN ACCOUNT FOR THE REST TO DATE. BUT 25 YEARS OF VALUABLE RECORDS ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR . THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER . I HAVE A COMPLETE SET OF FARE BOXES FROM ISSUE#1, BUT NOT OBTAINED FROM HISTORICAL COLLECTION . I GOT THEM BY GOING OUT AND GETTING THEM CONTRIBUTED. IN THE 1965 HOLDINGS WERE EARLY CONVENTION TOUR AND BRATTLEBORO AND 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOKENS . SORRY, ONLY 17 OF THESE WERE IN THE PREVIOUS FILES AS I RECEIVED THEM. MY PERSONAL COLLECTION HAS TWO COMPLETE MOUNTED SETS OF ALL THE CONVENTION TOURS, THE BRATTLEBOROS, AND THE 10 AND 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES, MOUNTED FOR OBVERSE AND REVERSE DISPLAY. JOEL HAS BEEN PROVIDING THE OBVERSE DIES OF THE RECENT TOUR TOKENS. I THINK I HAVE A COPY OF EACH OF THE MEMBERSHIP ROSTERS AFTER IT GOT TOO BIG TO PRINT IN THE FARE BOX EACH YEAR. I HAVE (FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AVA) WHAT I THINK IS A COMPLETE SET OF THE BOUND PUBLISHED EDITIONS, THANKS TO A PREVIOUS MEMBER WHO SOLD ME HIS COLLECTION . THEY, LIKE THE OLD FARE BOXES, BEAR MANY MARK-UPS BY PREVIOUS OWNERS. THEN THERE ARE A FEW OF THE LOOSE-LEAF EDITIONS, AND SUPPLEMENTS EVERY WHICH WAY (EXCEPT ANY OF THE LATEST ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS SINCE THE FIFTH EDITION) . I DO HAVE A FEW TOKEN DIES, BUT MANY MORE OLD RAILROAD DIES, WHICH ARE NOT OF MUCH IMPORTANCE COMPARED TO WHAT HAS BEEN LOST . THERE ARE MANY PENNSYLVANIA (RR) SHOP TOKENS, LAMP CHECKS, ENGINE HOUSE AND FUSEE CHECKS, AND I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING PUTTING THESE INTO THE NEXT CONVENTION AUCTION AS A MAIL-BID ONLY . THOSE NOT OBVIOUSLY RAILROADIANA ARE SOMETIMES NOT IDENTIFIABLE AS TT RELATED EITHER . HEARD OF J .A.M .A . & CO? OR THREE DIAMETERS FOR LAKEVIEW / PARK? WHAT LITTLE I HAVE FROM THE ANNUAL CONVENTIONS WAS A PRETTY GOOD ENVELOPE OF MATERIALS AND PICTURES FROM 1973, BUT FROM THEN ON IT HAS BEEN WHAT I HAVE PUT TOGETHER FROM MY OWN ATTENDENCE SINCE TOPEKA . SEVERAL RECENTLY HAVE SENT PICTURES TO SUPPLEMENT MY OWN INCLUSIONS, BIT EVEN THAT HAS BEEN FEW AND FAR BETWEEN . WHAT I DO HAVE IS THE AVA COLLECTION OF PERSONAL TOKENS. THESE CAME FROM MEMBERS WHO SUBMITTED THEM TO COFFEE FOR LISTING . THEY WENT TO HEMPHILL WHO PUT OUT THE 1980 CATALOG IN A LOOSE-LEAF FORMAT. AT JIM'S PASING, I INHERITED THE COLLECTION, HEAPED LOOSELY IN LARGE BOXES . I HAVE SINCE ISSUED THE THIRD EDITION (1999) AND TWO SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS (2000, 2003) INCORPORATING LOTS OF NEW INPUT FROM THOSE VERY FEW WHO ARE STILL INTO PERSONALS . THE LATEST RELEASE IS DATED DECEMBER 24, 2003, AND IS AVAILABLE FROM ME ON 3-1/2" FLOPPY OR BY E- MAIL . THE AVA COLLECTION IS STILL MISSING 60-80 PT'S WHICH WE KNOW WERE ORIGINALLLY CATALOGED BUT HAVE NOT BEEN PERSONALLY SEEN . AT BUFFALO LAST AUGUST, JOEL'S HOUSECLEANING RESULTED IN MY GETTING SOME MATERIAL I ALMOST REGRET RECEIVING . HE HAD A LIST OF MEMBERS BY NUMBER, UP TO #2600 (1992) . ANOTHER VERSION OF THAT WAS ALPHABETIC . I N MY INFINITE WISDOM (HEY!, I STILL WORK FOR A LMNG!!) I DECIDED TO BRING THAT LIST UP TO DATE . THERE WERE SEVERAL MEMBERS WHO HAVE ASKED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS . I HAD THE ORIGINAL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS TO GET THE NUMBER AND APPLICANT'S OWN SPELLING OF HIS/HER NAME, AGE, AND STATE WHEN JOINING, AND THE FARE BOXES TO LIST THE MONTH THEY WERE LISTED ALONG WITH OBITUARIES AND NON-RENEWS . THERE ARE EVEN NOTICES OF TWO HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIPS AS WELL AS SEVERAL EXPULSIONS . I AM READING EACH PAGE OF THE FARE BOXES LOOKING FOR THE DESIRED INFORMATION, BUT IT IS SUCH INTERESTING READING THAT IT TAKES TIME! IN 1965 THE FARE BOX WAS 194 PAGES LONG, AND THERE WERE 151 NEW MEMBERS THAT YEAR! THE LIST WILL BE IN NUMERIC ORDER BY MEMBERSHIP NUMBER AND ALSO IN ALPHABETIC ORDER BY LAST NAME. STATE OR AGE SORTINGS WILL BE EASY. IT WON'T BE READY UNTIL SPRING, AND AGAIN, IT WILL HAVE TO BE ON A FLOPPY OR BY E-MAIL . I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN A MASTER REFERENCE LISTING EVERY TIME A TOKEN WAS MENTIONED IN THE FARE BOX, AND CLASSIFYING THE TYPE OF MENTION . IT WILL NOT BE OF MY DOING! FIRST, SUCH AN EFFORT WILL REQUIRE CONTINUOUS EFFORT BY SOMEONE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, AND THEN THERE WERE THE CHANGES IN THE LISTINGS AS NEW EDITIONS WERE PUBLISHED . I BOUGHT A COLLECTION OF SEVERAL THOUSAND TOKENS LISTED AS "OLD CATALOG" AND "NEW CATALOG". WHAT WAS GOOD STUFF IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH EDITIONS WAS WORTH PEANUTS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS BECAUSE OF RE-SEQUENCING, MUCH LESS RE-ATTRIBUTION. WHAT HAVE YOU IN YOUR OLD FILES WHICH WOULD SERVE TO HELP DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF THE AVA? WHAT CONVENTION MATERIAL SUCH AS PROGRAMS, BADGES, RIBBONS, OR PICTURES CAN YOU ADD TO OUR FILES? WHAT HELP CAN I BE TO YOU? I CAN'T BRING STUFF TO CONVENTIONS FOR YOU TO SEE HISTORY IF WE DON'T HAVE SUCH MATERIAL. PLEASE HELP US TO REBUILD THOSE LOST MATERIALS BY SENDING YOUR DONATIONS TO ME.

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-December 2003- -Page 127- TRANSPORTATION TOKENS ISSUED BY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS By John Coffee A separate and interesting category of transportation tokens would be those that were issued by churches, religious schools, and other religious organizations . I have counted 52 such tokens, mostly those issued by religious schools . Whereas the transportation of public school students is provided by taxpayers, the courts have ruled that this cannot be done for students of private schools . Ac- cordingly religious schools, most of which are Catholic, must provide their own buses, or special tokens issued to their students to be used on public transportation . Most of these are modern, in the sense that they were issued since World War II . A few, however, are quite rare, especially the Queen of Martyrs tokens of Day- ton, OH . These were unidentified until the late Arthur D . Jordan located the school and found the fibre tokens, in addition to the aluminum which was already known but unidentified . He found only a couple of the tokens so they remain quite rare . Then we have two tokens issued by the "Baptist Seminary Street Railway Co ." which in spite of the name were not used on a street railway, but on a bus operated by the Seminary from the end of a streetcar line to the school . Both are quite old and very rare (TX 340 E and U) . The Liberal Religious Youth, the high school youth organization of the Unitarian Universalist Church, used to hold youth conferences in late December in various places in New England . Buses were chartered to carry the kids, mostly from the Greater Boston area, to the remote locations of the conferences . As I was adviser to them for several years, when I learned they used cardboard tickets I suggested they issue brass tokens, which the kids thought a great idea as it gave them a sou- venir to keep . So we have NH 30 A for the bus from Boston to Andover, NH, and return ; and VT 595 A,B, for the bus from Boston to Plainfield, VT (held at Goddard College) and return . That was 40 years ago! Seems like yesterday . This sort of thing is not to encouraged, but I was young and brash back then . The tokens are getting scarce, but at the time the New Issues Service did distribute them . We have at least a couple of tokens actually issued by churches : NE 540 AA was issued by the Lincoln Seventh Day Adventist Church . When first reported it was unidentified, but I quickly recognized the initials, wrote the church, and was able to purchase a few for friends . Then Joel Reznick found a home for the St . Thaddeus Church token, which was unidentified at the time, and the Church sold us enough of them for our New Issues Service . It's a neat token, but certainly not scarce . Also unidentified for some time were the HFS tokens, but Ralph Freiberg found the school in Louisville, KY, made a contribution for its ongoing work, and they let him have a number of them . The KY 510 BN,BO,BP are fairly scarce . MN 520 A, B, C, Archbishop Murray Memorial High School, dispensed its tokens from vending machines at the school . They provided us enough for our N .I .S . at the time . MN 600 A,B, were used to a religious college on a private bus line, some years ago . The two tokens are fairly common, realizing barely more that catalogue value in recent AVA auctions . Eight of our Unidentified tokens were issued by religious schools, and because the same name is often used by many different religious schools, we have a hard time finding homes for them . The Holy Trinity School Bus tokens (#92,93) are old and quite rare . I once owned #92 and swapped off a duplicate, then lost my own #92, so I still need it! But it may be around here somewhere . Another quite old one is #139, the St . Anne's, which I picked up at our Carson City convention in 1977 for $35 . Finally, while not issued by a religious organization, we have TX 810 AD, issued for the visit of the Pope to San Antonio . It was distributed by our NIS at the time and certainly is not rare . Still one would want it in any set of religious TTs .

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-Page 130- -December 2003- TOKEN PHOTOS : FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS By John Coffee

1 . This is an enlargement of PA 750 BF, discovered by the late Ralph Brown and auctioned at our Idaho Convention . When I saw it, I was overcome with lust to add it to my collection, so I paid thru the nose to get it (most I have ever paid for a token, as a matter of fact) . Its reverse is identical to that of the fairly common PA 750 G pictured on page 480 of Volume II of our catalogue . 2 . This is the obverse of the so-far very rare bus token from Bethel, Alaska, which Gerald Johnson very generously gave to me at our Wisconsin convention and made my day . (Its reverse is a very ordinary "good for one fare" .) Bethelis as remote as you can get, off by itself in far western Alaska, with no roads going to it . So you can only get there by air, or possibly by sea if any boats go up that narrow inlet, or possibly by dogsled? Notice the unique van bus pictured on the token . The token was used briefly about ten years ago on a bus line that no longer operates . Just because of the remoteness of Bethel, I am certain more of these must be in town, but so far have been unable to connect . The photo is an enlargement . 3 . A picture of one of the only two TTs from Prince Edward Island, issued by Students Against Drunk Driving so that kids celebrating New Years will get home safely by taxi and not attempt to drive . The 38mm yellow plastic token is PE 200 B . There are more of the tokens up there but they are not easy to come by . 4 . Krause Publications' Cliff Mishler is an expert exonumist, and so KP has issued a number of tokens for various reasons, usually connected with the annual convention of the American Numismatic Assn . This one was a Club Tour Token for a "Silver Rail Numismatic Excursion" in 1999, and it's marked "good for one round trip ." It's a beautiful token and needs to be listed . The photo was taken of the token in its plastic capsule . The token is made of pure silver . 5 . An enlarged photo of a new One Pound token issued by National Transport Tokens in Great Britain . National Transport Tokens are unique in that they are good for rides on bus systems all over Great Britain, so are a general issue that are almost as good as money . Since issuing the pictured token, another striking was made, this time by the Royal Dutch Mint, distinguished by its minmark on either side of the date . The Dutch Mint is also striking a new issue dated 2004 . See my announcement elsewhere in this issue on how members may obtain this token at face value for their collections . 6 . This is the ridiculous token . Louis Crawford found a number of these, but we do not know where they are from . Obviously good for a ride on one of those mechanical bulls that jiggle and jerk and are hard to stay on, on its reverse it shows a woman doing her best to hang on to the thing . As it is good for a ride or a drink, it would be strictly a Miscellaneous listing if we could finds As home . 7 . Last August, as I mentioned in the August Fare Box, I stopped by the office of Marshall Dial-a-Ride in Michigan and discovered some previously unknown tokens, which are listed in that issue's Supplement . Two of them were already obsolete, and I got a few of each . The two obsoletes are pictured as #7 and #8 . They had over 300 of each in the drawer but said they couldn't let us have them till someone in authority gave the OK . I have since tried several times, only to be told that the person who could give the OK was not available . I am sure we'll get them sooner or later, so have patience . 9 . This green plastic is like NY 25 J, except that its reverse has "E" and "Z" separated by a lightning bolt . I called the transit there and they denied ever having used such a token, so we assume it is a mule or error . Roger Bolz found a few of them and I obtained it at our Buffalo Convention from him .

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-December 2003- -Page 131- 10 . I found two previously unknown thick plastic tokens from Bowling Green, Ohio, while roaming the internet . The red and green tokens are cute because of the little car pictured on them . They were listed last July, and so far we have not been able to get a supply . But we keep trying . 11 . There are a bunch of hard-to-get tokens being used in central Texas, and this is one of them . In Killeen and Temple they call their bus system "The Hop," a term used also in some other towns . It was only after a lot of phone calling that I managed to get a couple of each of these tokens . This one, TX 502 B, listed last July, is nice because it's a big aluminum with a mottled reverse . 12 . Bill Sowell discovered the green plastic (blank reverse) token being used in Moorhead, MN, by Clay County Rural Transit . These went into use in 2002 and only 1,000 were made . They would send him only two, saying they did not have enough to supply more . But they are also using another unlisted token, with the same obverse as M N 560 C, but a different reverse . We shall be getting a supply of that one . 13 . I've had this "The Carousel Park" brass token for a few years, but I still cannot find a home for it . It has a standard "carousel ride" reverse, and was made by Hoffman Mint . Any ideas out there? 14 . Bimie Bus Tours has its phone number on the back, so after obtaining this token from Roger Bolz at our Buffalo Convention I called the number . The lady wanted to know where I got the token . Seems it is only given to people on public assistance, and its fare value varies with which route they take . Its lowest value would be $1 .90 . It's used way up in northern New York State around Canton and Potsdam (when I spoke to the lady today--January 10--she said it was 18° Below Zero today) . Because of its limited use it is uncertain we'll be able to get a quan- tity, but who knows? 15 . G .A .T .A . is a real mystery . I got this token from Roger Bolz at Buffalo, but cannot find a home for it . Hal Ford found something in Gainesville, FL, with initials G .A . and the same last 7 digits phone number, but they had nothing to do with transportation . So we are still looking . Any ideas? (token's reverse is blank) . 16 . Also from Roger I got two octagonal plastics, yellow and green (both with gold lettering and blank reverses) for a Riverside Amusement Park . Riverside is a fairly common name for amusement parks, and I don't have a clue where these are used . Any suggestions? 17 . Some time ago an AVA member sent me this little brass carousel token now in use in Las Vegas at the Belz Outlet World Mall . But we can't get anyone to go down there and get us a supply . I think it's still in use, and it is a cute token . I'm sure we'll have them for members sooner or later . 18 . Finally a WM token from Houston, sent me by John Byars, used on a weird ride that is supposed to scare the bejeebers out of the kid who has the courage to ride on it . As the facility is way on the other side of a huge city, John still has not been able to learn more about it, or if we'll be able to get a supply . It is a nice token .

NEW BRITISH TOKEN AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AT FACE VALUE

Thanks to the efforts of long-time AVA member Yosef Saar of Elat, Israel, a supply of a newly issued One Pound transportation token has been made available to AVA members . The 23mm aluminum reeded edge token is inscribed "National Transport Token" with date 2003 and hl . on obverse, and a logo on reverse . The token is pictured elsewhere in this issue . The pound is equal to about $1 .80 U .S., but members may have the token for $1 .75 postpaid . Just send me an addressed envelope and I'll put a commemorative stamp on it . Two tokens for $3 if you want them . And all proceeds roo to the AVA Postage Fund . Send payment to the AVA at P .O . Box 961207 - Boston, MA 02196-1207

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-Page 132- -December 2003- DECEMBER SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V . Ford

CALIFORNIA Hanford 340 (Reported by Karl E. Gabsch) KINGS COUNTY/COMMISSION ON AGING/(BUS) F A 29 Sd Senior/Ride/Route/Token/ nni (anodized red) $0 .50

IDAHO Boise 100 BUS/GOOD FOR ONE FARE/Rwrl R B 16 Sd 2000/(bus) 1 .00

NEW YORK Mount Vernon 605 J & R TOURS/ LTD/ PUTNAM .WESTCHESTER .MANHATTAN/ ONE/WAY FARE/1 A o B 25 Sd im/(front of trolley) ***

NORTH CAROLINA Hendersonville 430 (Reported by Fred Sader) APPLE COUNTRY TRANSIT/TRANSFER B Pg 29 Sd (same as obverse) (black printing) .50

OHIO Portsmouth 745 (Reported by Roger Bolz) SOUTHERN/OHIO/MEDICAL/CENTER I Pb 29 Sd (bus) (gold printing) 1 .50

PENNSYLVANIA Butler 142 (Reported by Roger Bolz & Larry Dziubek) BT/CJMTA/"THE BUS" F Pb 32 Sd The/Bus (on side of bus) (black printing) (* 10/02) 1 .00 G Pd 32 Sd " " " 1 .00 H Pi 32 Sd " " 1 .00

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS C A 960 F (listed 11/03) - correct rev . telephone area code to 707, not 797 MN 960 C (listed 9/03) - add (3,500 struck)(* 2001) WA 970 C (listed 11/03) - add (10,000 struck)(* 2000)

NOTES BY HAROLD V . FORD

Hanford, CA, was very cooperative and made available their latest senior token to New Issues Service members . Some modern colored anodized issues tend to vary in shades from light to dark . This is one : pinkish red to deep red . BUS (Boise Urban Stages) issued a new token several years ago . This one, plus ID 100 Q, are in current use and have a value of $1 .00 . The New Issues Ser- vice will distribute this one to its members .

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-December 2003- -Page 133- J & R Tours of Mt . Vernon, NY, issued the listed token back in the 1990's . The firm was established in 1984 and is mainly a charter operation, but until about five years ago it used a token on shuttles that operated from parking lots to several locations north of New York City . John Coffee phoned them, and at first no one remembered the token, but finally they found an oldtimer who did . The token was used more than five years ago, and it had a fare value of $7 .00, or at least this was the information given to John . So at this time we list it with a *** value, but perhaps a local member can do some investigating and possibly find a hoard of them . John, on the phone, was told that there were none of them still in existence, but just two specimens were unearthed in the office, and obtained by me and John . Henderson, NC 430 B, is a companion token to 430 A, listed 3/03 . Fred Sader obtained a supply for the New Issues Service . The Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, OH, is spread out over a number of addresses . For employees there are a few satellite parking lots . A bus circulates between these lots and places of employment . It is doubtful the N .I .S . will be able to handle this one since it is an institutional special-use token . The three Butler, PA, listings were mentioned on page 93 of the September 2003 Fare Box . Larry Dziubek reports that PA 142 F is used by Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation, 142 G by Catholic Charities, New Choices, and 142 H by the Penn- sylvania Association of Retarded Citizens . I had doubts the N .I .S . would be able to handle these special-use tokens, but Larry seems to have the right connections . The initials on the obverse stand for BUTLER TOWNSHIP / CITY JOINT MUNICIPAL TRANSIT . The first slash actually appears on the token ; the rest denote the usual lineage . Bill Sowell, our New Issues Service Manager, reports he has obtained a supply of the Willman, MN, 960 G token (listed 9/03) for N .I .S . members . Recently on ebay there was a lot of 25 specimens of M! 55 G (listed at $10 in our catalogue) . The entire lot went for $62 .36, or about $2 .50 per token . Ob- viously the catalogue value should be reduced to about $3 .00 for this token (which in the last 3 AVA convention auctions realized, $20, $17, and $23, respectively) .

NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT FOR 2003 By William A . Sowell In 2003 the New Issues Service mailed 50 new tokens to the members . The cat- alogue value of these tokens was $58 .50 . The members were charged $63 .90 for these 50 tokens, plus $5 .03 in postage and 804 for insurance, so cost to members was $69 .73, or 1 .19 times cat . value . A very inexpensive way to obtain new tokens . The tokens provided were CA 245 B, 745 AF ; CO 840 A ; FL 380 X, 622 A, 840 H ; IA 380 T U V, 450 A B ; KY 680 AA ; . ME 655 A B C ; MA 930 A ; MI 860 A B C ; MN 120 B C, 177 A ; MT 660 AA AB AC ; NJ 650 A ; NY 25 L M, 110 G Ha Hb, 160 E G H I J, 655 C, NC 160 J, 430 A ; OH 505 N, PA 20 D, 57 A ; UT 750 W, VA 470 D, 920 A B, 985 1 ; WI 620 H ; WY 120 R . Tokens on hand for shipment in 2004 are AR 480 Z ; CA 340 F, 940 F ; CO 680 C ; MI 585 H ; NC 430 B ; PA 142 F G H ; RI 521 L ; VA 820 B C D E F ; WA 970. C . There are also three more tokens that have been paid for and are in transit and three others that have been promised but not paid for yet . Thus there are suffici- ent tokens available to cover shipments for the first months of 2004 .

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-Page 134- -December zuu3- SUPPLEMENT #JVP-52 TO FEISEL'S FIFTH = ++++***+*+************************** ILLINOIS BLUE ISLAND-3075 CITY / OF / BLUE / ISLAND (anodiadblue) B A 29 Sd Good For / Parking / RWM / Only 1 .00 MARYLAND FREDERICK-3520 CITY OF / $1 / FREDERICK E B 29 Sd Parking / Token (amo)(reedededge) 1 .00

WASHINGTON SEATTLE-3780 (AS BE) BF Pg 29 Sd (As BE) 1 .00

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PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY JOE PERNICANO

The city of Blue Island is using parking tokens in their city lots . Machines for tokens are apparently located at the lots for parking . The city of FREDERICK, MD is using parking tokens . . .I have no information as to how they are being used . It is unclear why there would be two identical tokens in use in the same district of SEATTLE except for its size . Roger Bolz called me to report a possible unlisted Milwaukee token . What he discovered was an error in listing . Note the correction above . Regrets . Stan Vernon reports that PTMS-3041-A is in use at the BROOKWOOD HOSPITAL and the COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT in Birmingham, AL . Likewise at the McWANE CENTER in BIRMINGHAM . THE HIGHLAND HOSPITAL in Rochester, NY is using tokens in their SOUTH LOT . My inquiry got me two 25mm tokens . One a Chuckee cheese and the other a non-PT . Are cataloguable parking tokens in use there??? Can a local check this out and advise? The SIBLEY CENTER FOR BREAST HEALTH in WASHINGTON, DC is using tokens . I have been unable to obtain any information regarding their usage . If you have any unlisted or new variety of parking token, please send me a complete description and rubbing so that I may catalogue it . FIESEL'S FIFTH EDITION is available from me at $26 postpaid . The rate has been increased one dollar due to supplying 19 sheets of updated material . A hard bound book of over 300 pages with identification listings . J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROOMALL, PA 19008 =

A MESSAGE FROM THE CURATOR/AUCTION CHAIRMAN The AVA Catalog of members' Personal Tokens, 2003 Edition, is now released . It includes upgraded entries based on inspection of many tokens not previously listed properly, and adds a dozen new issuers and the listings of their personal tokens . The catalog is available now on 3j" floppy postpaid, or by e-mail, for $10 payable to the Curator, Keith Haney - 4614 Stonegate Way - Corpus Christi, TX 78411-4829 . I am looking for your tokens for the AVA Convention Auction to be held in Aug- ust . This is an excellent opportunity to sell your duplicates or to begin reducing the size of your collection if it is time to "make a profit ." We need about 700 good tokens to make an excellent auction, and there are lots of bidders . There were no tokens in the last auction that did not get sold . Please send a list now of those tokens you would like to submit to me, Keith Haney, and I shall let you know which ones have not been taken . Approved tokens will be needed in April and May so The Fare Box list can be printed . We'll have 50-60 mail bidders as well as 20 or more at the Convention who are looking forward to improving their collections . Can you help them? Mail your list now, or e-mail me at amikaymh@grandecom .net for an immediate answer . KEITH HANEY - 4614 STONEGATE WAY - CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411-4829

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MANAGER'S MEMO L LLdilllv(i1 ti' CL t~11LC A6 noted in the maatheod B & C Miami Car Wash, FL [WI] 620-H ; [WV] 140-B ; above, we now have a new 530-B ($1 .50), L & M Sof- 590-B ; [WYJ 120-Q, R. E- addneis5, as we moved the spra, Las Vegas, NV 500-A mail : chuckb@vh .net middle o06 November.. Thh ($4.00) and SASE . Chuck Benjamin 42 Kingwood Drive may ca"e. Some delay in Al Zaika Poughkeepsie NY you, ad getting into a cu4- P. 0 . Box 65 12601-5405 tent iosue, ib the matt did BellmawrNJ08099-0065 not get &Ytwanded bast e- _LL LLLL L t'L V L LL nough. Please eacwoe thin (1) Oblong, chrome fare rr tra e any o t o ow- inconvenience . box with brass coin contain- ing for rare telephone tok- er ens I need. Send descrip- LL £iLLvvLLEL close Feb . 6 .Send SASE for description and price. (2) 1 /g Alum. •( tion. bob@gilbertweb .com (48), 3b 12 [OH3 435-H (8), Ba flower) B .P.O. Elks, Allegan, [NC] 980-A ($20) ; [NY] (48), C (150), D (77) . Add MI . Good for $1 .00 . $5.00 780-B ($15), C ($20) ; 945- postage & insurance . Num- each plus SASE . (3) Ride / , B ($15) ; [OH] 230-E ($75) ; bers in parentheses equal of Transfer Tickets, books and [PA] 470-A ($20) ; 750-L tokens available . Also for cover . $1 .00 each plus SASE ($25), 0 ($35) ; [RI] 620-A Lest offer : Hard cover AVA "School Bus" Ben ($30) ; [VA] 580-C ($30) : catalogues. 1990 World Hor- 216 Hampton Road [VT) 150-A ($25) ; [WI]330-A secar, Omnibus, Street Car Benton Harbor MI 49022 ($35) ; [WY] 750-A ($35) . & Bus Tokens by Smith . 19- - Bob Gilbert 73 2nd edition Parking to- [IN] 9-A ($2 .75) ; [OH] 175- P . 0 . Box 299 kens by Fiesel, 1948 Video, W ($8), X ($9) ; 435-A, Ba, Liberty Corner NJ Arcade, Pinball, slot machine Bb, C, D r ($5) . All postpaid .' 07938- and Amusement Tokens by Insurance extra a75CY . Also [OH] 660-F Would like to trade 25 dif- Smith and Alpert . ($3) . ferent common transit to- Larry Larry Freeman Freeman kens for 25 different of 6500 Ely Vista Drive 8500 Ely Vista Drive yours. Thank you . 44129-6149 Parma OH 44129-6149 Parma OH Arnold Cirian At 2X catalogue plus pos- 2305 South 35 Avenue L L"LA'li l -J LLE-LL •; tage : [IA] 380-T, U, V ; 450- Omaha NE 68105-31-33 Car Wash tokens at auction : -A, B ; [MAJ 930-A ; [MI] 5- Best offer over catalogue L, N, 0, P ; 785-E, F ; [MN) Fabulous offer! "Two for plus postage : [CA] 375-Aa ; 460-E ; [NC] 360-D ; 430-A ; One" . You send me up to 30 635-A ; 690-Aa ; [IA] 40-A; [NY] 160-G, H, I, J ; 655-6- different trans . tokens, and [KYJ 370-A ; [MN] 118-A ; (OH) 550-A, B ; [OR] 240-N, I will send you up to 60 TT's 405-A ; [MO] 10-A ; 975-A ; 0 ; [TX] 360-G ; [VA] 985-I ; of my choice. There will be some duplicates. Send $2 .50 [OH] 185-A ; 208-A ; 800-A; (Continued next coGunn) [TX] 925-B ; [VT] 520-A . for return postage. A free Al Kohlhardt gift will be included . P . 0 . Box 2649 "School Bus" Ben Sunnyvale CA Benton mharboRots~ 94087-0649 49022-5924

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-PAGE 136- -December 2003- APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP 3158 GEORGE ROOMIAN - 34 Juniper Drive - Saugus, MA 01906 Age 55 . Collects U .S . & Canada (Bill Weber) 3159 ARON JAMES JIMENEZ - 17491 W . 16th Ave ., Apt . 2-316 - Golden, CO 80401-2558 Age 24, Student . Collects U .S . (K .E . Gabsch) [phone : 303-271-9327]

CHANGE OF ADDRESS 122 Anna Butler - 2805 East Lake Street, Apt . 304 - Minneapolis, MN 55406 97 Robert M . Butler - 2805 East Lake Street, Apt . 304 - Minneapolis, MN 55406 1080 Humberto Costa - 1026 Ave . Vigoreaux, Apt . 23-E - Guaynabo, PR 00966 1506 George Hosek - 711 N . 92nd Ct ., #2-407 - Omaha, NE 68114-2663 1307 Skip Myler - 1103 Leeswood Road (not 1101 Leeswood Road) 2225 Wendell Phillips - 3449 Mallard Court - Reminderville, OH 44202 1226 Joe Studebaker - 2680 Maidenhair Lane - Sumter, SC 29153 1661 Jim Wiley - 7 Lexington Court - McMurray, PA 15317 [new email : jwiley7@comcast .net ] 1161 Tom Brown : his new area code is 828 . All else remains the same 1227 John Biedenbach : new email : jcoachb@comcast .ne t 2365 Jim Ehlers - correct ZIP code to 68015-0396 3137 Alan Meyers - correct email to : alanmeyers50@hotmail .com

RESIGNATIONS 3107 John Meyer . 2445 Thomas Morrison . 2466 Dave Bennick . 3070 Jan Ting .

Jerry Schaeper reports picking up a really nice one from Antigo, WI . Says he found it at a show in Louisville on New Years Eve . The 30mm aluminum scalloped token is inscribed E .J . MARTIN / LIVERY / ANTIGO, WIS . // GOOD FOR / ONE RIDE / FROM / HOTEL TO DEPOT and it's in very nice condition to boot . William Butch, who lives in Wyandotte, MI, sends along a new senior taxi token that just went into use in his town . Its face value is $1 .75, and its use is similar to the senior taxi tokens now in use in Lincoln Park and Taylor, MI . All three towns are in the Greater Detroit area, and all three are 25mm . The new token is pictured below . Note its reverse is the common "trolley" face on .

A fairly common but quite old token is Nova Scotia 450 A which until recently was assumed to have been discovered in a rolled up paper dated 1846 . There now seems to be pretty good evidence that the token is really a fantasy, actually made in the USA in 1878, deliberately to deceive collectors . One was sold in 1878 in a Woodward sale for $14 .50, which was a very high price back then . The token is fairly common, and in the last 3 AVA auctions, it realized $5 .50, $4 .50, and $6 .10 respectively . So no one will get burned on this one, and it is a cute token even if of questionable provenance . Gregory Campolo reports that NY 630 BJ, while no longer valid to ride subways, is still in use on the Roosevelt Island Tramway, along with NY 630 BH .

When I picked up the key for our new P .O . Box 961207, 1 was informed that my tenure of the P .O . Box 1204, for 53 years, was longer than that of anyone else in the history of the Boston postoffice . Incidentally, this issue marks the completion of 55 years of my editing The Fare Box .

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THE FARE BOX INDEX TO VOLUME 57 2003

Angel Fire, NM, token 9 Prices Realized, AVA convention auc 85 AVA Convention minutes 82 • Sacks 4th auction 27 AVA Exec . Bd . meeting minutes 79 • Sacks 6th auction 28 AVA observes 55th anniversary 106 • Scroggins collection sale 26 AVA Officers 2 Super car wash token auction 2 • Super car wash, token auction 29 Benson Gardens Jitney token 46 • Super car wash token auction 67 Bridge, William, obituary 19 British plastic TTs 109 Ranch House kiddieland token 58 B .T . Co . tokens 76,93 Red Ball Bus Line token 33 Burnaby, BC, new carousel token 44 Rideshare Ontario (CA) token 70 Robinson, Fred, obituary 74 CA 760 I 44 Russian pass tokens 95 Carousel tokens, complete list 66 Clay copies of old TTs 105 Scroggins donates collection to AVA 15 Coffee's summer trip west 65 Scroggins, Irwin, obituary 55 Coffee's summer trip east 75 Sedro Woolley, WA, fantasy token 86 Cortland, NY, new tokens pictured 42 St . Cloud, MN, cardboard depotels 47 Curator Year End Report 126 St . Pancras parcels token 10 Sublime to Ridiculous (photos) 128 Decatur, IN, hack operators 20 Through the Pike 59 Early Carousel Tokens 57 TT collecting in the 1980s 45 Ebay auction results 64 TTs issued by religious organizations . .127 Ebert, E .D ., obituary 43 Turtle Creek Tavern "ride token 70 Fare Values of VA 885 & 985 TTs 121 TX 750 D pictured . . . . : 15 Field, Albert, obituary 75 U .K. tokens in use as of August 2003 . . .118 Fittons Steam Ferry 121 U .S . Govt . TTs 107 FL 930 E, new variety 8 UT 900 A information correction 12 Franzen Livery token 125 Fulton, MO, depotel tokens 48 West Elizabeth Bridge unlisted token . . .117 Wyandotte, MI, taxi token 138 George Francis Train's tokens 78 Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge tolls 34 Halifax Metro Transit medal 13 Halifax Steamboat token 8 BY MONTHLY ISSUES Hargett, J .L ., obituary 1 Hensley melts lots of TTs 19 January 1-8 July 65-74 Herschell Carrousel visit 81 February 9-18 August 75-92 Hightower Transfer & Taxicab token . . .117 March 19-32 September . . .93-104 April 33-42 October . . . .105-116 Lincoln Park, MI, token pictured 23 May 43-54 November . . .117-124 MA 355 C,D, huge quantity uncovered . .104 June 55-64 December . . .125-136 McBroom & Hogan Jitney token pictured .56 Medd, Jim, obituary 121 Montclair, NJ, shuttle token 13 RECAPITULATION : OBIEUARIE$ New York vulcanite carriage check 97 William Bridge 19 N .I .S . Report for 2003 133 E.D . Ebert 43 NUrnberg-FUrth tokens 11 Albert Field 75 Oklahoma, new color catalogue 37 J.L . Hargett 1 Okmulgee, OK, depotel 58 Jim mead 121 Olympic Park go-kart token 76 D.E . Peebles 43 Fred Rnhinsnn 74 Peebles, D .M ., obituary 43 Irwin $croggins 55 Phipps, Bob, introducing 37 Picatinny Arsenal tokens 34

free download from: www.vecturist.com 2003 ADDITIONS TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE The following is a list of tokens and corrections to the 5th Edition of the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue during 2003, and in which issue they are reported and described AK 825 A,B,C,D (August) NC 160 J (April) CA 277 A (February) NC 430 A (March) CA 340 F (December) NC 430 B (December) CA 712 E (March) NC 440 E (June) CA 745 AG (February) OH 85 C,D (July) CA 775 R (November) OH 175 AG (May) CA 940 F (November & December) OH 425 B,C,D (August) CO 680 C (October) OH 505 N (March) CO 840 A (February) OH 745 I (December) FL 380 X (February & April) OK 45 A,B (March) FL 380 Y (July) PA 20 D (June) FL 840 H (March) PA 57 A (August) ID 100 R (December) PA 142 F,G,H (December) IL 460 L (September) RI 521 J (May) IL 999 AA (January) TX 40 A (July) IN 180 L (June) TX 315 B (September) IA 640 S (August) TX 502 A,B,C (July) KS 830 A,C (September) TX 801 A (January) KS 980 G (September) TX 810 AZ (October) KY 680 T (May) TX 900 B (July) KY 680 AA (October) TX 925 D (July) ME 655 B,C (July) UT 750 W (August) MA 930 A (February) VA 470 A,B,C,D (October) MI 40 F (September) VA 820 B,C,D,E,F (October) MI 370 R (November) VA 920 A,B (October) MI 573 A (March) VA 985 I,J (July) MI 585 H (November) VA 998 D (November) MI 610 C,D,E,F (August) WA 970 C (November & December) MI 860 A,B (February) WI 620 H (September) MI 860 C (June) WY 120 R (March & August) MI 880 A,B (May) MI 918 A (March) MN 535 A,B,C,D,E (August) Unidentified 103 (May) MN 790 B,C (August) Unidentified 118 (March) MN 960 G (September & December) Unidentified 247 (March) MO 600 C (May) Unidentified 280 (June) MT 660 A,B,C (July) Unidentified 281 (July) NJ 290 E (June) NY 105 O (September) Presentation Pc . BS (April) NY 160 F (January) Club Tour CA CT-3 (July) NY 160 G,H,I,J,K (April) NY 605 A (December) B .C . 250 C (September) NY 655 C,D (September) B .C . 850 J (November)

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